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ICD-10-CM Code W55
Contact with other mammals

NON-BILLABLE
Non-Billable Code
Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.
| ICD-10 from 2011 - 2016

ICD Code W55 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the seven child codes of W55 that describes the diagnosis 'contact with other mammals' in more detail.


Coding Notes for W55 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code

Code Includes Notes:
Includes
Includes notes further define, or give examples of, conditions included in the section.
Contact with saliva, feces or urine of mammal
Code Type-1 Excludes:
Type-1 Excludes
Type-1 Excludes mean the conditions excluded are mutually exclusive and should never be coded together. Excludes 1 means "do not code here."
Animal being ridden- see transport accidents
Bitten or struck by dog - instead, use Code W54
Bitten or struck by rodent - instead, use code W53.-
Contact with marine mammals - instead, use code W56.-
7th Character Extension Notes:

What is 7th Character Extension?

For codes less than 6 characters that require a 7th character a placeholder 'X' should be assigned for all characters less than 6. The 7th character must always be the 7th position of a code. E.g. The ICD-10-CM code T67.4 (Heat exhaustion due to salt depletion) requires an Episode of Care identifier. T67.4XXA Initial Encounter or T67.4XXD Subsequent Encounter. More Info
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category See Code W55

Coding Advice SNOMET-CT

  • Possible requirement for place of occurrence

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