ICD-10-CM › V00-Y99 › W50-W64 › W55.8 Contact with other mammals › W55.81
Bitten by other mammals
Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.
Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:
- W55.81XA Bitten by other mammals, initial encounter
- W55.81XD Bitten by other mammals, subsequent encounter
- W55.81XS Bitten by other mammals, sequela
This code requires a seventh character. See the rule below.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2014 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.
- FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Bitten by other mammals
Official coding rules
Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.
Inherited from W55 Contact with other mammals
Seventh character required
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category W55
Excludes1 - never coded here
- animal being ridden- see transport accidents
- bitten or struck by dog (W54)
- bitten or struck by rodent (W53.-)
- contact with marine mammals (W56.-)
Includes
- contact with saliva, feces or urine of mammal
Inherited from the W50-W64 section Exposure to animate mechanical forces (W50-W64)
Excludes1 - never coded here
- Toxic effect of contact with venomous animals and plants (T63.-)
How CDC's index refers to this code
Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.
- Immersion
- Submersion
- Stab, stabbing
- Sinking > watercraft
- Overturning > watercraft
- Trapped > between objects
- Contact > with > marine > animal > mammal
- Accident > watercraft > causing > drowning
- Contact > with > animal NEC > marine > mammal
- Drowning > resulting from accident to watercraft
- Accident > diving > with > drowning or submersion
- Drowning > due to > jumping into water from watercraft
- Striking against > object > with > drowning or submersion
- Accident > transport > occupant > watercraft NOS > causing drowning
- Drowning > due to > fall overboard > resulting from > accident to watercraft
- Bite, bitten by > mammal NEC
- Contact > with > mammal > specified NEC > bite
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| W55.82 | Struck by other mammals | Not billable |
| W55.89 | Other contact with other mammals | Not billable |