W59.0
W59.0 — Contact with nonvenomous lizards
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
W59.0 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for contact with nonvenomous lizards. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below. This code also requires a 7th character before it is complete.
This code requires a 7th character
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category W59
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Risk adjustment
W59.0 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead W59.0
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share W59. If W59.0 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about W59.0
- Is W59.0 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. W59.0 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does W59.0 sit in the tabular list?
- External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99), in the block Exposure to animate mechanical forces (W50-W64).