DxCodebookFY2027 · Oct 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2027

Category · FY2027

W61 Contact with birds (domestic) (wild)

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

W61 is not billable. The category heads 72 billable codes in FY2027, grouped under 8 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. W61 Contact with birds (domestic) (wild)
Billable codes
72
Subdivisions
8
CC / MCC codes
0 / 0
HCC V28 codes
0
New FY2027
0
Index entries
0

Codes in W61

  1. W61.0
    Contact with parrot
    Header
  2. W61.01
    Bitten by parrot +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
  3. W61.02
    Struck by parrot +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
  4. W61.09
    Other contact with parrot +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
    Inclusion terms 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Exposure to parrots
  5. W61.1
    Contact with macaw
    Header
  6. W61.11
    Bitten by macaw +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
  7. W61.12
    Struck by macaw +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
  8. W61.19
    Other contact with macaw +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
    Inclusion terms 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Exposure to macaws
  9. W61.2
    Contact with other psittacines
    Header
  10. W61.21
    Bitten by other psittacines +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
  11. W61.22
    Struck by other psittacines +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
  12. W61.29
    Other contact with other psittacines +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
    Inclusion terms 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Exposure to other psittacines
  13. W61.3
    Contact with chicken
    Header
  14. W61.32
    Struck by chicken +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
  15. W61.33
    Pecked by chicken +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
  16. W61.39
    Other contact with chicken +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
    Inclusion terms 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Exposure to chickens
  17. W61.4
    Contact with turkey
    Header
  18. W61.42
    Struck by turkey +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
  19. W61.43
    Pecked by turkey +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
  20. W61.49
    Other contact with turkey +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
  21. W61.5
    Contact with goose
    Header
  22. W61.51
    Bitten by goose +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
  23. W61.52
    Struck by goose +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
  24. W61.59
    Other contact with goose +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
  25. W61.6
    Contact with duck
    Header
  26. W61.61
    Bitten by duck +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
  27. W61.62
    Struck by duck +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
  28. W61.69
    Other contact with duck +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
  29. W61.9
    Contact with other birds
    Header
  30. W61.91
    Bitten by other birds +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
  31. W61.92
    Struck by other birds +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
  32. W61.99
    Other contact with other birds +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
    Inclusion terms 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Contact with bird NOS

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 W61

Includes

  • contact with excreta of birds

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 W61 defined here

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category W61

7th characters for W61
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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