W27.0 Contact with workbench tool

Non-billable ICD-10-CM code.

Applicable to

• Contact with auger
• Contact with axe
• Contact with chisel
• Contact with handsaw
• Contact with screwdriver

Applies from W27 Contact with nonpowered hand tool

7th character note

• The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category W27

7th character required

• A — initial encounter
• D — subsequent encounter
• S — sequela

Code annotations containing back-references to W27.0

Back-references to W27.0

• Type 1 Excludes: W31.2 Contact with powered woodworking and forming machines ("nonpowered woodworking tools (W27.0)")

Back-references to W27

• Type 1 Excludes: W23 Caught, crushed, jammed or pinched in or between objects ("injury caused by cutting or piercing instruments (W25-W27)")
• Type 1 Excludes: W23 Caught, crushed, jammed or pinched in or between objects ("injury caused by nonpowered hand tools (W27.-)")
• Type 1 Excludes: W29 Contact with other powered hand tools and household machinery ("contact with nonpowered hand tool (W27.-)")
• Type 2 Excludes: W45 Foreign body or object entering through skin ("contact with hand tools (nonpowered) (powered) (W27-W29)")

Diagnosis Index entries for W27.0

• Contact (accidental) › with › axe
• Contact (accidental) › with › chisel
• Contact (accidental) › with › hand › saw
• Contact (accidental) › with › plane (metal) (wood)
• Contact (accidental) › with › saw
• Contact (accidental) › with › saw › hand
• Contact (accidental) › with › screwdriver
• Contact (accidental) › with › tool › hand (not powered) › auger
• Contact (accidental) › with › tool › hand (not powered) › axe
• Contact (accidental) › with › tool › hand (not powered) › chisel
• Contact (accidental) › with › tool › hand (not powered) › handsaw
• Contact (accidental) › with › tool › hand (not powered) › screwdriver
• Contact (accidental) › with › tool › hand (not powered) › workbench

Nearby codes

• W27 Contact with nonpowered hand tool
• W27.0 Contact with workbench tool (this code)
• W27.0XXA Contact with workbench tool, initial encounter
• W27.0XXD Contact with workbench tool, subsequent encounter
• W27.0XXS Contact with workbench tool, sequela
• W27.1 Contact with garden tool
• W27.1XXA Contact with garden tool, initial encounter