W46.1
Contact with contaminated hypodermic needle
- Release
- FY 2027
- Effective
Hierarchy
Where W46.1 sits in the official hierarchy. Each level is the code it is classified under.
- W46 Parent Contact with hypodermic needle
- W46.1 This code Contact with contaminated hypodermic needle
Official Coding Notes
Reproduced verbatim from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files. Notes labelled as inherited are declared on a parent code and apply here too.
7th Character
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category W46
Inherited from W46 — Contact with hypodermic needle
More Specific Codes
3 codes under W46.1
Version History
How W46.1 appears in each release imported from the official files, newest first.
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FY 2027 Effective
CurrentContact with contaminated hypodermic needle
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FY 2026 Effective
UnchangedContact with contaminated hypodermic needle
Related Codes
Other codes under W46
Data Source
Code information on this page is derived from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files published by CDC NCHS and CMS.
- Release
- FY 2027
- Effective
- Source file
- icd10cm-code-descriptions-2027.zip
Official ICD-10-CM source files (opens in a new tab)
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