W27.4 Contact with kitchen utensil

Non-billable ICD-10-CM code.

Applicable to

• Contact with fork
• Contact with ice-pick
• Contact with can-opener NOS

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 W27.4

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 W27.4

• Contact (accidental) › with › can › opener
• Contact (accidental) › with › fork
• Contact (accidental) › with › ice-pick
• Contact (accidental) › with › meat › grinder (domestic) › nonpowered
• Contact (accidental) › with › tool › hand (not powered) › can opener
• Contact (accidental) › with › tool › hand (not powered) › fork
• Contact (accidental) › with › tool › hand (not powered) › ice-pick
• Contact (accidental) › with › tool › hand (not powered) › kitchen utensil
• Contact (accidental) › with › tool › hand (not powered) › meat grinder

Nearby codes

• W27.2XXS Contact with scissors, sequela
• W27.3 Contact with needle (sewing)
• W27.3XXA Contact with needle (sewing), initial encounter
• W27.3XXD Contact with needle (sewing), subsequent encounter
• W27.3XXS Contact with needle (sewing), sequela
• W27.4 Contact with kitchen utensil (this code)
• W27.4XXA Contact with kitchen utensil, initial encounter
• W27.4XXD Contact with kitchen utensil, subsequent encounter
• W27.4XXS Contact with kitchen utensil, sequela
• W27.5 Contact with paper-cutter
• W27.5XXA Contact with paper-cutter, initial encounter