W31.1 Contact with metalworking machines

Non-billable ICD-10-CM code.

Applicable to

• Contact with abrasive wheel
• Contact with forging machine
• Contact with lathe
• Contact with mechanical shears
• Contact with metal drilling machine
• Contact with milling machine
• Contact with power press
• Contact with rolling-mill
• Contact with metal sawing machine

Applies from W31 Contact with other and unspecified machinery

Excludes1 (never code together)

• contact with agricultural machinery (W30.-)
• contact with machinery in transport under own power or being towed by a vehicle (V01-V99)
• exposure to electric current (W86)

7th character note

• The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category W31

7th character required

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

Code annotations containing back-references to W31.1

Back-references to W31

• Type 1 Excludes: V83 Occupant of special vehicle mainly used on industrial premises injured in transport accident ("special industrial vehicle in stationary use or maintenance (W31.-)")
• Type 1 Excludes: V85 Occupant of special construction vehicle injured in transport accident ("special construction vehicle in stationary use or maintenance (W31.-)")
• Type 1 Excludes: V86 Occupant of special all-terrain or other off-road motor vehicle, injured in transport accident ("special all-terrain vehicle in stationary use or maintenance (W31.-)")
• Type 1 Excludes: W09 Fall on and from playground equipment ("fall involving recreational machinery (W31)")
• Type 1 Excludes: W20 Struck by thrown, projected or falling object ("falling object in machinery accident (W24, W28-W31)")
• Type 1 Excludes: W23 Caught, crushed, jammed or pinched in or between objects ("injury caused by machinery (W28-W31)")

Diagnosis Index entries for W31.1

• Contact (accidental) › with › abrasive wheel (metalworking)
• Contact (accidental) › with › forging (metalworking) machine
• Contact (accidental) › with › lathe (metalworking)
• Contact (accidental) › with › machine, machinery › abrasive wheel
• Contact (accidental) › with › machine, machinery › drilling, metal (industrial)
• Contact (accidental) › with › machine, machinery › forging machine
• Contact (accidental) › with › machine, machinery › lathe
• Contact (accidental) › with › machine, machinery › metal drill
• Contact (accidental) › with › machine, machinery › metalworking (industrial)
• Contact (accidental) › with › machine, machinery › milling, metal
• Contact (accidental) › with › machine, machinery › power press, metal
• Contact (accidental) › with › machine, machinery › rolling mill, metal
• Contact (accidental) › with › sawing machine, metal
• Contact (accidental) › with › shears (hand) › powered (industrial)

Nearby codes

• W31 Contact with other and unspecified machinery
• W31.0 Contact with mining and earth-drilling machinery
• W31.0XXA Contact with mining and earth-drilling machinery, initial encounter
• W31.0XXD Contact with mining and earth-drilling machinery, subsequent encounter
• W31.0XXS Contact with mining and earth-drilling machinery, sequela
• W31.1 Contact with metalworking machines (this code)
• W31.1XXA Contact with metalworking machines, initial encounter
• W31.1XXD Contact with metalworking machines, subsequent encounter
• W31.1XXS Contact with metalworking machines, sequela
• W31.2 Contact with powered woodworking and forming machines
• W31.2XXA Contact with powered woodworking and forming machines, initial encounter