W27.1 Contact with garden tool

Non-billable ICD-10-CM code.

Applicable to

• Contact with hoe
• Contact with nonpowered lawn mower
• Contact with pitchfork
• Contact with rake

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 W27.1

Back-references to W27.1

• Type 1 Excludes: W28 Contact with powered lawn mower ("contact with nonpowered lawn mower (W27.1)")

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 W27.1

• Contact (accidental) › with › garden › fork
• Contact (accidental) › with › hoe
• Contact (accidental) › with › lawnmower (powered) (ridden) › unpowered
• Contact (accidental) › with › pitchfork
• Contact (accidental) › with › rake
• Contact (accidental) › with › spade
• Contact (accidental) › with › tool › hand (not powered) › garden
• Contact (accidental) › with › tool › hand (not powered) › hoe
• Contact (accidental) › with › tool › hand (not powered) › manual › lawn mower
• Contact (accidental) › with › tool › hand (not powered) › pitchfork
• Contact (accidental) › with › tool › hand (not powered) › rake

Nearby codes

• W27 Contact with nonpowered hand tool
• W27.0 Contact with workbench tool
• 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 (this code)
• W27.1XXA Contact with garden tool, initial encounter
• W27.1XXD Contact with garden tool, subsequent encounter
• W27.1XXS Contact with garden tool, sequela
• W27.2 Contact with scissors
• W27.2XXA Contact with scissors, initial encounter