Exposure to animate mechanical forces - W50-W64
Excludes1: It indicates that the conditions described by two codes cannot occur together in the same patient. These codes are mutually exclusive.
Type 1 Excludes:
- Toxic effect of contact with venomous animals and plants (T63.-)
These ranges represents Categories of Exposure to animate mechanical forces. The "W50-W64" signifies that these are the diseases within this broad section.
Codes:
- W50 - Accidental hit, strike, kick, twist, bite or scratch by another person
- W51 - Accidental striking against or bumped into by another person
- W52 - Crushed, pushed or stepped on by crowd or human stampede
- W53 - Contact with rodent
- W54 - Contact with dog
- W55 - Contact with other mammals
- W56 - Contact with nonvenomous marine animal
- W57 - Bitten or stung by nonvenomous insect and other nonvenomous arthropods
- W58 - Contact with crocodile or alligator
- W59 - Contact with other nonvenomous reptiles
- W60 - Contact with nonvenomous plant thorns and spines and sharp leaves
- W61 - Contact with birds (domestic) (wild)
- W62 - Contact with nonvenomous amphibians
- W64 - Exposure to other animate mechanical forces