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Category · FY2027

W59 Contact with other nonvenomous reptiles

  • Header · not billable
  • Codes take a 7th character

W59 is not billable. The category heads 42 billable codes in FY2027, grouped under 4 subdivisions. Its codes take a 7th character, so none is complete with fewer than 7 characters.

Where it sits

  1. Chapter 20 External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99)
  2. W50-W64 Exposure to animate mechanical forces (W50-W64)
  3. W59 Contact with other nonvenomous reptiles
Billable codes
42
Subdivisions
4
CC / MCC codes
0 / 0
HCC V28 codes
0
New FY2027
0
Index entries
0

Codes in W59

  1. W59.0
    Contact with nonvenomous lizards
    Header
  2. W59.01
    Bitten by nonvenomous lizards +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt: 2 of 3 7th characters
  3. W59.02
    Struck by nonvenomous lizards +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
  4. W59.09
    Other contact with nonvenomous lizards +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
    Inclusion terms 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Exposure to nonvenomous lizards
  5. W59.1
    Contact with nonvenomous snakes
    Header
  6. W59.11
    Bitten by nonvenomous snake +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
  7. W59.12
    Struck by nonvenomous snake +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
  8. W59.13
    Crushed by nonvenomous snake +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
  9. W59.19
    Other contact with nonvenomous snake +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
  10. W59.2
    Contact with turtles
    Header
    Excludes1 1

    Excludes1

    • contact with tortoises (W59.8-) W59.8
  11. W59.21
    Bitten by turtle +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
  12. W59.22
    Struck by turtle +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
  13. W59.29
    Other contact with turtle +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
    Inclusion terms 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Exposure to turtles
  14. W59.8
    Contact with other nonvenomous reptiles
    Header
  15. W59.81
    Bitten by other nonvenomous reptiles +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
  16. W59.82
    Struck by other nonvenomous reptiles +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
  17. W59.83
    Crushed by other nonvenomous reptiles +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
  18. W59.89
    Other contact with other nonvenomous reptiles +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt

Sources of each column. Rows marked +7th need a 7th character: pick one to build the full code; its code card has its own flags.

Instructions

At W59

Excludes1

  • contact with venomous reptile (T63.0-, T63.1-) T63.0 T63.1

Notes that also apply

Block W50-W64 instructions (Excludes1 1): printed on the block page.

Chapter 20 instructions (Notes 1): printed on the chapter 20 page.

7th characters

7th characters for W59 defined here

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category W59

7th characters for W59
7thMeaning (NCHS)
Ainitial encounter
Dsubsequent encounter
Ssequela

A code that takes a 7th character is invalid without it; the placeholder X fills a code shorter than 6 characters (Official Guidelines I.A.5). How 7th characters work.

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