W62.1XXA — Contact with nonvenomous toads, initial encounter
W62.1XXA is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for contact with nonvenomous toads, initial encounter. It is valid for submission on a claim.
7th character "A" — initial encounter
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category W62
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above W62.1XXA
These are not written on W62.1XXA, but they bind it: a note on a category applies to every code beneath it. Billing W62.1XXA with anything listed here is a denial.
Risk adjustment
W62.1XXA 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 history
W62.1XXA has not changed since FY2024 — no addition, revision or deletion across the three most recent ICD-10-CM releases.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share W62.1. If W62.1XXA is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about W62.1XXA
- Is W62.1XXA a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. W62.1XXA is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does W62.1XXA sit in the tabular list?
- External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99), in the block Exposure to animate mechanical forces (W50-W64).
- What cannot be coded together with W62.1XXA?
- W62.1XXA carries Excludes1 notes, which means the conditions they list can never be coded together with it on the same encounter. Some are written on the categories above W62.1XXA (W62) and apply to it just the same.