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W26.0

Billable
ChapterV00–Y99
Ranksubcategory
Official Description

Contact with knife

Metadata & Insights
  • •Billable/specific code (valid for reimbursement).
  • •Chapter 20: External Causes of Morbidity (V00-Y99).

Instructional Notes

Excludes1(Not coded here. Use a different code.)
  • contact with electric knife (W29.1)
General instructions are available for the parent sections:
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Clinical Hierarchy

BillableHas subcodes
CH20External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99)
W20-W49Exposure to inanimate mechanical forces (W20-W49)
W26Contact with other sharp objects
W26.0Contact with knifeBillable
W26.0XXAContact with knife, initial encounterBillable
W26.0XXDContact with knife, subsequent encounterBillable
W26.0XXSContact with knife, sequelaBillable

Applicable Ancestor Context

The following parent sections contain instructions or notes that apply to W26.0:

categoryW26
Contact with other sharp objects
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blockW20-W49
Exposure to inanimate mechanical forces (W20-W49)
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MS-DRG Classification

2026

No direct MS-DRG triggers identified.

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