W24.0XXA ICD-10-CM Code: Contact with lifting devices, not elsewhere classified, initial encounter
Billing Status: YES. This is a valid, specific, and billable ICD-10-CM reference.
Official Registry Overview & Definition
Official Tabular Instructional Notes
Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for W24.0XXA in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list.
Inclusion Terms
Alternative terms the tabular list files under this code.
- Contact with chain hoist
- Contact with drive belt
- Contact with pulley (block)
Excludes1 — Not Coded Here
Conditions generally not reported together with this code (Excludes1) -- an error unless the two conditions are documented as unrelated to each other (ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines, Section I.A.12.a).
- transport accidents (V01-V99) Compare W24.0XXA vs V01 →
- assault (X92-Y09) Compare W24.0XXA vs X92 →
- contact or collision with animals or persons (W50-W64) Compare W24.0XXA vs W50 →
- exposure to inanimate mechanical forces involving military or war operations (Y36.-, Y37.-) Compare W24.0XXA vs Y36 →
- intentional self-harm (X71-X83) Compare W24.0XXA vs X71 →
Change history
No changes recorded for this code — unchanged since the FY2016 baseline of the change ledger.
Verify Before Coding
- Billable — reportable as written.
- Principal-diagnosis restriction. External cause of morbidity codes (V, W, X and Y) describe the circumstance that caused an injury, not the condition treated. The Medicare Code Editor rejects them as a principal diagnosis; sequence the injury or condition first and report this code as secondary.
From the code registry, the Medicare Code Editor, and the MS-DRG Definitions Manual. Check it against a full claim.
Referenced by Other Codes
Clinical classification (AHRQ CCSR):EXT006 — External cause codes: machinery; initial encounter; EXT020 — External cause codes: intent of injury, accidental/unintentional.
Clinical Classifications Software Refined (CCSR) for ICD-10-CM Diagnoses. Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
Official ICD-10-CM tabular notes on other codes that name W24.0XXA or its code family.
1 Excludes1 notes: W23 (via W24.-).
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) & Clinical Guidance
Does W24.0XXA require a 7th character?
Yes. The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category W24.
Nearest Codes in This Family
Official ICD-10-CM classifications closest to W24.0XXA in its code family, with their registry titles.
- W24 — Contact with lifting and transmission devices, not elsewhere classified
- W24.0 — Contact with lifting devices, not elsewhere classified
- W24.0XXD — Contact with lifting devices, not elsewhere classified, subsequent encounter
- W24.0XXS — Contact with lifting devices, not elsewhere classified, sequela
- W24.1 — Contact with transmission devices, not elsewhere classified
- W24.1XXA — Contact with transmission devices, not elsewhere classified, initial encounter
- W24.1XXD — Contact with transmission devices, not elsewhere classified, subsequent encounter
- W24.1XXS — Contact with transmission devices, not elsewhere classified, sequela