ICD-10-CM Code W56
Contact with nonvenomous marine animal
NON-BILLABLE
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ICD-10 from 2011 - 2016
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 Code W56 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the seven child codes of W56 that describes the diagnosis 'contact with nonvenomous marine animal' in more detail.
- W56 Contact with nonvenomous marine animal NON-BILLABLE
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- W56.01 Bitten by dolphin NON-BILLABLE
- W56.02 Struck by dolphin NON-BILLABLE
- W56.09 Other contact with dolphin NON-BILLABLE
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- W56.11 Bitten by sea lion NON-BILLABLE
- W56.12 Struck by sea lion NON-BILLABLE
- W56.19 Other contact with sea lion NON-BILLABLE
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- W56.21 Bitten by orca NON-BILLABLE
- W56.22 Struck by orca NON-BILLABLE
- W56.29 Other contact with orca NON-BILLABLE
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- W56.31 Bitten by other marine mammals NON-BILLABLE
- W56.32 Struck by other marine mammals NON-BILLABLE
- W56.39 Other contact with other marine mammals NON-BILLABLE
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- W56.41 Bitten by shark NON-BILLABLE
- W56.42 Struck by shark NON-BILLABLE
- W56.49 Other contact with shark NON-BILLABLE
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- W56.51 Bitten by other fish NON-BILLABLE
- W56.52 Struck by other fish NON-BILLABLE
- W56.59 Other contact with other fish NON-BILLABLE
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- W56.81 Bitten by other nonvenomous marine animals NON-BILLABLE
- W56.82 Struck by other nonvenomous marine animals NON-BILLABLE
- W56.89 Other contact with other nonvenomous marine animals NON-BILLABLE
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Coding Notes for W56 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code
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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." - Contact with venomous marine animal - instead, use code T63.-
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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 W56
Coding Advice SNOMET-CT
- Possible requirement for place of occurrence
- This is an external cause code for use in a secondary position