ICD-10-CM › V00-Y99 › W50-W64 › W61 Contact with birds (domestic) (wild) › W61.5
Contact with goose
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:
- W61.51 Bitten by goose (also a header)
- W61.52 Struck by goose (also a header)
- W61.59 Other contact with goose (also a header)
This code requires a seventh character. See the rule below.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2012 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.
- FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Contact with goose
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 W61 Contact with birds (domestic) (wild)
Seventh character required
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category W61
Includes
- contact with excreta of birds
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.-)
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| W61.0 | Contact with parrot | Not billable |
| W61.1 | Contact with macaw | Not billable |
| W61.2 | Contact with other psittacines | Not billable |
| W61.3 | Contact with chicken | Not billable |
| W61.4 | Contact with turkey | Not billable |
| W61.6 | Contact with duck | Not billable |
| W61.9 | Contact with other birds | Not billable |