Contact with kitchen utensil, initial encounter

This code signifies an injury or adverse effect resulting from direct contact with a kitchen utensil, such as a knife, fork, spoon, or other common cooking or eating implement. It indicates the initial presentation of the patient for this specific incident.

Apply this code when a patient presents for treatment of an injury sustained from a kitchen utensil, such as a laceration from a knife while cooking, a puncture wound from a fork, or a burn from a hot cooking spoon. This code is appropriate for the initial visit related to the injury.

• Always use in conjunction with an external cause code (e.g., Y92.009 for "unspecified place of occurrence, home").
• Requires an additional code for the nature of the injury (e.g., S61.011A for "laceration without foreign body of right thumb without damage to nail, initial encounter").
• Ensure the 7th character "A" is used for the initial encounter for treatment of the injury.