W55 Non-Billable Code
Contact with other mammals
Chapter Classification
Chapter 20
External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99)
Section Detail
W50-W64
Exposure to animate mechanical forces (W50-W64)
Coding Guidelines & Notes
includes
- contact with saliva, feces or urine of mammal
excludes1
- animal being ridden- see transport accidents
- bitten or struck by dog (W54)
- bitten or struck by rodent (W53.-)
- contact with marine mammals (W56.-)
sevenChrDef
- {'char': 'A', 'text': 'initial encounter'}
- {'char': 'D', 'text': 'subsequent encounter'}
- {'char': 'S', 'text': 'sequela'}
sevenChrNote
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category W55
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