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W57.XXXD

Bitten or stung by nonvenomous insect and other nonvenomous arthropods, subsequent encounter

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2007 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.

  1. FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Bitten or stung by nonvenomous insect and other nonvenomous arthropods, subsequent encounter

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 W57 Bitten or stung by nonvenomous insect and other nonvenomous arthropods

Seventh character required

  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to code W57

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • contact with venomous insects and arthropods (T63.2-, T63.3-, T63.4-)

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.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
W57.XXXA Bitten or stung by nonvenomous insect and other nonvenomous arthropods, initial encounter Valid
W57.XXXS Bitten or stung by nonvenomous insect and other nonvenomous arthropods, sequela Valid