W59.11

W59.11: Bitten by nonvenomous snake

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

W59.11 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for bitten by nonvenomous snake. 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

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above W59.11

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on W59: Contact with other nonvenomous reptiles

contact with venomous reptile (T63.0-, T63.1-)

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Bite, bitten by›snake(nonvenomous)
Bite, bitten by›reptile›snake
Contact›with›snake›bite

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead W59.11

3 child codes. Green means billable.