Current
W60 — Contact with nonvenomous plant thorns and spines and sharp leaves
Part of Chapter 20: External causes of morbidity , block Exposure to animate mechanical forces (W50-W64) .
Official Notes
Excludes1
Contact with venomous plants ( T63.7- )
7th Character
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to code W60
7th Character
A - initial encounter
7th Character
D - subsequent encounter
7th Character
S - sequela
Child Codes
- W60.XXXA Contact with nonvenomous plant thorns and spines and sharp leaves, initial encounter Billable
- W60.XXXD Contact with nonvenomous plant thorns and spines and sharp leaves, subsequent encounter Billable
- W60.XXXS Contact with nonvenomous plant thorns and spines and sharp leaves, sequela Billable
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