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External causes of morbidity
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Exposure to animate mechanical forces
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Contact with other mammals
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2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code W55
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code W55
Contact with other mammals
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
- W55 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
- The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM W55 became effective on October 1, 2020.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of W55 - other international versions of ICD-10 W55 may differ.
ICD-10-CM Coding Rules
- W55 describes the circumstance causing an injury, not the nature of the injury.
Type 1 ExcludesType 1 Excludes Help
A type 1 excludes note is a pure excludes. It means "not coded here". A type 1 excludes note indicates that the code excluded should never be used at the same time as W55. A type 1 excludes note is for used for when two conditions cannot occur together, such as a congenital form versus an acquired form of the same condition.
- animal being ridden- see transport accidents
- bitten or struck by dog (
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code W54
Contact with dog
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Includes- contact with saliva, feces or urine of dog
W54) - bitten or struck by rodent (
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code W53
- W53 Contact with rodent
- W53.0 Contact with mouse
- W53.1 Contact with rat
- W53.2 Contact with squirrel
- W53.21 Bitten by squirrel
- W53.29 Other contact with squirrel
- W53.29XA Other contact with squirrel, initial encounte...
- W53.29XD Other contact with squirrel, subsequent encou...
- W53.29XS …… sequela
- W53.8 Contact with other rodent
- W53.81 Bitten by other rodent
- W53.89 Other contact with other rodent
- W53.89XA Other contact with other rodent, initial enco...
- W53.89XD Other contact with other rodent, subsequent e...
- W53.89XS …… sequela
W53.-) - contact with marine mammals (
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code W56
- W56 Contact with nonvenomous marine animal
- W56.0 Contact with dolphin
- W56.01 Bitten by dolphin
- W56.02 Struck by dolphin
- W56.09 Other contact with dolphin
- W56.09XA Other contact with dolphin, initial encounter...
- W56.09XD Other contact with dolphin, subsequent encoun...
- W56.09XS …… sequela
- W56.1 Contact with sea lion
- W56.11 Bitten by sea lion
- W56.12 Struck by sea lion
- W56.19 Other contact with sea lion
- W56.19XA Other contact with sea lion, initial encounte...
- W56.19XD Other contact with sea lion, subsequent encou...
- W56.19XS …… sequela
- W56.2 Contact with orca
- W56.3 Contact with other marine mammals
- W56.31 Bitten by other marine mammals
- W56.31XA Bitten by other marine mammals, initial encou...
- W56.31XD Bitten by other marine mammals, subsequent en...
- W56.31XS …… sequela
- W56.32 Struck by other marine mammals
- W56.32XA Struck by other marine mammals, initial encou...
- W56.32XD Struck by other marine mammals, subsequent en...
- W56.32XS …… sequela
- W56.39 Other contact with other marine mammals
- W56.39XA Other contact with other marine mammals, init...
- W56.39XD Other contact with other marine mammals, subs...
- W56.39XS Other contact with other marine mammals, sequ...
- W56.4 Contact with shark
- W56.5 Contact with other fish
- W56.51 Bitten by other fish
- W56.52 Struck by other fish
- W56.59 Other contact with other fish
- W56.59XA Other contact with other fish, initial encoun...
- W56.59XD Other contact with other fish, subsequent enc...
- W56.59XS …… sequela
- W56.8 Contact with other nonvenomous marine animals...
- W56.81 Bitten by other nonvenomous marine animals
- W56.81XA Bitten by other nonvenomous marine animals, i...
- W56.81XD Bitten by other nonvenomous marine animals, s...
- W56.81XS Bitten by other nonvenomous marine animals, s...
- W56.82 Struck by other nonvenomous marine animals
- W56.82XA Struck by other nonvenomous marine animals, i...
- W56.82XD Struck by other nonvenomous marine animals, s...
- W56.82XS Struck by other nonvenomous marine animals, s...
- W56.89 Other contact with other nonvenomous marine a...
- W56.89XA Other contact with other nonvenomous marine a...
- W56.89XD Other contact with other nonvenomous marine a...
- W56.89XS Other contact with other nonvenomous marine a...
W56.-)
IncludesIncludes Help
"Includes" further defines, or give examples of, the content of the code or category.
- contact with saliva, feces or urine of mammal
The following code(s) above
W55 contain annotation back-references
Annotation Back-References
In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:
- Applicable To annotations, or
- Code Also annotations, or
- Code First annotations, or
- Excludes1 annotations, or
- Excludes2 annotations, or
- Includes annotations, or
- Note annotations, or
- Use Additional annotations
that may be applicable to
W55:
Code History
- 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
- 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
- 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
- 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
- 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
- 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To W55
W54.8 Other contact with dog
W55
Contact with other mammals
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.