W50-W64 ICD-10-CM Code: Exposure to animate mechanical forces
Billing Status: NO. This is a clinician non-billable / parent hierarchy grouping in the ICD-10-CM system.
Official Registry Overview & Definition
Exposure to animate mechanical forces (W50-W64) is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (W50-W64). A more specific billable subcode must be selected for claims submission.
Official Tabular Instructional Notes
Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for W50-W64 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list.
Excludes1 — Not Coded Here
Conditions generally not reported together with this code (Excludes1) -- an error unless the two conditions are documented as unrelated to each other (ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines, Section I.A.12.a).
- Toxic effect of contact with venomous animals and plants (T63.-) Compare W50-W64 vs T63 →
Change history
No changes recorded for this code — unchanged since the FY2016 baseline of the change ledger.
Nearest Codes in This Family
Official ICD-10-CM classifications closest to W50-W64 in its code family, with their registry titles.
- W50 — Accidental hit, strike, kick, twist, bite or scratch by another person
- W51 — Accidental striking against or bumped into by another person
- W52 — Crushed, pushed or stepped on by crowd or human stampede
- W53 — Contact with rodent
- W54 — Contact with dog
- W55 — Contact with other mammals
- W56 — Contact with nonvenomous marine animal
- W57 — Bitten or stung by nonvenomous insect and other nonvenomous arthropods
- W58 — Contact with crocodile or alligator
- W59 — Contact with other nonvenomous reptiles
- W60 — Contact with nonvenomous plant thorns and spines and sharp leaves
- W61 — Contact with birds (domestic) (wild)
- W62 — Contact with nonvenomous amphibians
- W64 — Exposure to other animate mechanical forces