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External causes of morbidity
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Contact with crocodile or alligator
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2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code W58.02
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code W58.02
Struck by alligator
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
- W58.02 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 W58.02 became effective on October 1, 2020.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of W58.02 - other international versions of ICD-10 W58.02 may differ.
ICD-10-CM Coding Rules
- W58.02 describes the circumstance causing an injury, not the nature of the injury.
The following code(s) above
W58.02 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
W58.02:
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
- Contact (accidental)
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- alligator W58.09
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code W58.09
Other contact with alligator
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
- Struck (accidentally)
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To W58.02
W57 Bitten or stung by nonvenomous insect and other nonvenomous arthropods
W57.XXXA Bitten or stung by nonvenomous insect and other nonvenomous arthropods, initial encounter
W57.XXXD Bitten or stung by nonvenomous insect and other nonvenomous arthropods, subsequent encounter
W57.XXXS Bitten or stung by nonvenomous insect and other nonvenomous arthropods, sequela
W58 Contact with crocodile or alligator
W58.0 Contact with alligator
W58.02
Struck by alligator
W58.09 Other contact with alligator
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.