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6. W26.0

W26.0 - Contact with knife

• Applicable to Contact with knife
• The 2025 edition of ICD10-CM W26.0 became effective on October 1, 2024.
• This is the American ICD10-CM version of W26.0 - other international versions of ICD10 W26.0 may differ.
• W26.0 is a Billable / Specific ICD10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.

Type 1 Excludes

• contact with electric knife (W29.1)

The following codes above W26.0 contain annotation back-references that may be applicable to W26.0:

• Chapter: V00-Y99 - External causes of morbidity
• Section: W20-W49 - Exposure to inanimate mechanical forces
• Category: W26 - Contact with other sharp objects

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Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.