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ICD-10-CM Current in FY 2027

W56.21XA

Bitten by orca, initial encounter

Release
FY 2027
Effective
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Hierarchy

Where W56.21XA sits in the official hierarchy. Each level is the code it is classified under.

  1. W56 Contact with nonvenomous marine animal
  2. W56.2 Contact with orca
  3. W56.21 Parent Bitten by orca
  4. W56.21XA This code Bitten by orca, initial encounter

Official Coding Notes

Reproduced verbatim from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files. Notes labelled as inherited are declared on a parent code and apply here too.

Excludes1

contact with venomous marine animal ( T63 .-)

Inherited from W56 — Contact with nonvenomous marine animal

7th Character

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category W56

Inherited from W56 — Contact with nonvenomous marine animal

7th Character

A - initial encounter

Inherited from W56 — Contact with nonvenomous marine animal

7th Character

D - subsequent encounter

Inherited from W56 — Contact with nonvenomous marine animal

7th Character

S - sequela

Inherited from W56 — Contact with nonvenomous marine animal

Version History

How W56.21XA appears in each release imported from the official files, newest first.

  1. FY 2027 Effective

    Current

    Bitten by orca, initial encounter

  2. FY 2026 Effective

    Unchanged

    Bitten by orca, initial encounter

Related Codes

Other codes under W56.21

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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