W31.9 Contact with unspecified machinery

Non-billable ICD-10-CM code.

Applicable to

• Contact with machinery NOS

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 W31.9

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 W31.9

• Contact (accidental) › with › machine, machinery
• Cut, cutting (any part of body) (accidental) › machine NEC

Nearby codes

• W31.83XS Contact with special construction vehicle in stationary use, sequela
• W31.89 Contact with other specified machinery
• W31.89XA Contact with other specified machinery, initial encounter
• W31.89XD Contact with other specified machinery, subsequent encounter
• W31.89XS Contact with other specified machinery, sequela
• W31.9 Contact with unspecified machinery (this code)
• W31.9XXA Contact with unspecified machinery, initial encounter
• W31.9XXD Contact with unspecified machinery, subsequent encounter
• W31.9XXS Contact with unspecified machinery, sequela