Block in Chapter 20
W50–W64
Exposure to animate mechanical forces
Excludes1
Not coded here. The listed conditions generally should not be reported together.
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- Toxic effect of contact with venomous animals and plants (T63.-)
Notes
Also from chapter/block level (1 note)
Inherited from Chapter 20 External causes of morbidity
- This chapter permits the classification of environmental events and circumstances as the cause of injury, and other adverse effects. Where a code from this section is applicable, it is intended that it shall be used secondary to a code from another chapter of the Classification indicating the nature of the condition. Most often, the condition will be classifiable to Chapter 19, Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88). Other conditions that may be stated to be due to external causes are classified in Chapters I to XVIII. For these conditions, codes from Chapter 20 should be used to provide additional information as to the cause of the condition.
Categories in this block 14
- W50Accidental hit, strike, kick, twist, bite or scratch by another person
- W51Accidental striking against or bumped into by another person
- W52Crushed, pushed or stepped on by crowd or human stampede
- W53Contact with rodent
- W54Contact with dog
- W55Contact with other mammals
- W56Contact with nonvenomous marine animal
- W57Bitten or stung by nonvenomous insect and other nonvenomous arthropods
- W58Contact with crocodile or alligator
- W59Contact with other nonvenomous reptiles
- W60Contact with nonvenomous plant thorns and spines and sharp leaves
- W61Contact with birds (domestic) (wild)
- W62Contact with nonvenomous amphibians
- W64Exposure to other animate mechanical forces