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W61.92XA ICD-10-CM Code: Struck by other birds, initial encounter

Billing Status: YES. This is a valid, specific, and billable ICD-10-CM reference.

Official Registry Overview & Definition

Struck by other birds, initial encounter is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (W61.92A).

Official Tabular Instructional Notes

Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for W61.92XA in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list.

Includes

Conditions the official ICD-10-CM tabular list includes under this code.

  • contact with excreta of birds

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).

Frequently Compared Codes

The official Excludes notes on W61.92XA name these codes. Each comparison page covers when the two can — or must not — be reported together.

Change history

No changes recorded for this code — unchanged since the FY2016 baseline of the change ledger.

Verify Before Coding

  • Principal-diagnosis restriction. External cause of morbidity codes (V, W, X and Y) describe the circumstance that caused an injury, not the condition treated. The Medicare Code Editor rejects them as a principal diagnosis; sequence the injury or condition first and report this code as secondary.

From the code registry, the Medicare Code Editor, and the MS-DRG Definitions Manual. Check it against a full claim.

Relationships & Classification

Clinical classification (AHRQ CCSR):EXT011 — External cause codes: natural/environment; initial encounter; EXT020 — External cause codes: intent of injury, accidental/unintentional.

Clinical Classifications Software Refined (CCSR) for ICD-10-CM Diagnoses. Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

Related Codes

Same clinical category (CCSR)

AHRQ's Clinical Classifications Software groups these diagnoses under the same clinical categories (External cause codes: natural/environment; initial encounter, External cause codes: intent of injury, accidental/unintentional).

W61.32XA — Struck by chicken, initial encounter, W61.33XA — Pecked by chicken, initial encounter, W61.39XA — Other contact with chicken, initial encounter, W61.42XA — Struck by turkey, initial encounter, W61.43XA — Pecked by turkey, initial encounter, W61.49XA — Other contact with turkey, initial encounter, W61.52XA — Struck by goose, initial encounter, W61.59XA — Other contact with goose, initial encounter, W61.62XA — Struck by duck, initial encounter, W61.69XA — Other contact with duck, initial encounter, W61.99XA — Other contact with other birds, initial encounter, W62.0XXA — Contact with nonvenomous frogs, initial encounter, W62.1XXA — Contact with nonvenomous toads, initial encounter, W62.9XXA — Contact with other nonvenomous amphibians, initial encounter, W64.XXXA — Exposure to other animate mechanical forces, initial encounter, W92.XXXA — Exposure to excessive heat of man-made origin, initial encounter, W93.01XA — Contact with dry ice, initial encounter, W93.02XA — Inhalation of dry ice, initial encounter, W93.11XA — Contact with liquid air, initial encounter, W93.12XA — Inhalation of liquid air, initial encounter, +2297 more

Contextual Map

Every relationship of W61.92XA in one view: hierarchy, official tabular instructions in both directions, clinical classification, risk adjustment, MS-DRG participation, index terms and change history — each edge carrying the CMS source it derives from.

Hierarchy

  • V00-Y99 — Chapter 20: External Causes of Morbidity (V00-Y99) (V00-Y99) [Hierarchy]
  • W00-X58 — Other external causes of accidental injury [Hierarchy]
  • W50-W64 — Exposure to animate mechanical forces [Hierarchy]

Clinical classification (CCSR)

  • EXT011 — External cause codes: natural/environment; initial encounter [CCSR]
  • EXT020 — External cause codes: intent of injury, accidental/unintentional [CCSR]

Nearest codes (40)

  • W61 — Contact with birds (domestic) (wild) [Sibling]
  • W61.49XD — Other contact with turkey, subsequent encounter [Sibling]
  • W61.49XS — Other contact with turkey, sequela [Sibling]
  • W61.5 — Contact with goose [Sibling]
  • W61.51 — Bitten by goose [Sibling]
  • W61.51XA — Bitten by goose, initial encounter [Sibling]
  • W61.51XD — Bitten by goose, subsequent encounter [Sibling]
  • W61.51XS — Bitten by goose, sequela [Sibling]
  • and 32 more

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) & Clinical Guidance

Does W61.92XA require a 7th character?

Yes. The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category W61.

Nearest Codes in This Family

Official ICD-10-CM classifications closest to W61.92XA in its code family, with their registry titles.

  • W61.91 — Bitten by other birds
  • W61.91XA — Bitten by other birds, initial encounter
  • W61.91XD — Bitten by other birds, subsequent encounter
  • W61.91XS — Bitten by other birds, sequela
  • W61.92 — Struck by other birds
  • W61.92XD — Struck by other birds, subsequent encounter
  • W61.92XS — Struck by other birds, sequela
  • W61.99 — Other contact with other birds
  • W61.99XA — Other contact with other birds, initial encounter
  • W61.99XD — Other contact with other birds, subsequent encounter

View all codes in the W61 family