W31.81 Contact with recreational machinery

Non-billable ICD-10-CM code.

Applicable to

• Contact with roller coaster

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 W31.81

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 W31.81

• Contact (accidental) › with › bumper cars
• Contact (accidental) › with › flying horses
• Contact (accidental) › with › machine, machinery › recreational
• Contact (accidental) › with › machine, machinery › roller-coaster
• Contact (accidental) › with › merry go round
• Contact (accidental) › with › roller coaster

Nearby codes

• W31.3 Contact with prime movers
• W31.3XXA Contact with prime movers, initial encounter
• W31.3XXD Contact with prime movers, subsequent encounter
• W31.3XXS Contact with prime movers, sequela
• W31.8 Contact with other specified machinery
• W31.81 Contact with recreational machinery (this code)
• W31.81XA Contact with recreational machinery, initial encounter
• W31.81XD Contact with recreational machinery, subsequent encounter
• W31.81XS Contact with recreational machinery, sequela
• W31.82 Contact with other commercial machinery
• W31.82XA Contact with other commercial machinery, initial encounter