ICD-10-CM › Chapter 20 External causes of morbidity › W50-W64

W50-W64 - Exposure to animate mechanical forces

489 ICD-10-CM codes sit in this section, of which 336 are billable in FY2027. Every one has a page giving the years it was valid and what to use instead when it is not.

Categories

Each of these is a three-character category. Most are not billable on their own - the billable code is one of the children listed on its page.

CodeDescriptionStatus
W50 Accidental hit, strike, kick, twist, bite or scratch by another person Not billable
W51 Accidental striking against or bumped into by another person Not billable
W52 Crushed, pushed or stepped on by crowd or human stampede Not billable
W53 Contact with rodent Not billable
W54 Contact with dog Not billable
W55 Contact with other mammals Not billable
W56 Contact with nonvenomous marine animal Not billable
W57 Bitten or stung by nonvenomous insect and other nonvenomous arthropods Not billable
W58 Contact with crocodile or alligator Not billable
W59 Contact with other nonvenomous reptiles Not billable
W60 Contact with nonvenomous plant thorns and spines and sharp leaves Not billable
W61 Contact with birds (domestic) (wild) Not billable
W62 Contact with nonvenomous amphibians Not billable
W64 Exposure to other animate mechanical forces Not billable

Or browse all ICD-10-CM codes by first character, check a list of codes with the batch validity checker, or see what changed in each release.