W56
Contact with nonvenomous marine animal
- Release
- FY 2027
- Effective
Official Coding Notes
Reproduced verbatim from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files.
Excludes1
contact with venomous marine animal ( T63 .-)
7th Character
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category W56
7th Character
A - initial encounter
7th Character
D - subsequent encounter
7th Character
S - sequela
More Specific Codes
7 codes under W56
- W56.0 Contact with dolphin Has subcodes
- W56.1 Contact with sea lion Has subcodes
- W56.2 Contact with orca Has subcodes
- W56.3 Contact with other marine mammals Has subcodes
- W56.4 Contact with shark Has subcodes
- W56.5 Contact with other fish Has subcodes
- W56.8 Contact with other nonvenomous marine animals Has subcodes
Version History
How W56 appears in each release imported from the official files, newest first.
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FY 2027 Effective
CurrentContact with nonvenomous marine animal
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FY 2026 Effective
UnchangedContact with nonvenomous marine animal
Related Codes
Codes whose official notes reference W56
Data Source
Code information on this page is derived from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files published by CDC NCHS and CMS.
- Release
- FY 2027
- Effective
- Source file
- icd10cm-code-descriptions-2027.zip
Official ICD-10-CM source files (opens in a new tab)
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