W59.09 Other contact with nonvenomous lizards

Non-billable ICD-10-CM code.

Applicable to

• Exposure to nonvenomous lizards

Applies from W59 Contact with other nonvenomous reptiles

Excludes1 (never code together)

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

7th character note

• The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category W59

7th character required

• A — initial encounter
• D — subsequent encounter
• S — sequela

Diagnosis Index entries for W59.09

• Contact (accidental) › with › lizard (nonvenomous)
• Crushed (accidentally) › by › lizard (nonvenomous)

Nearby codes

• W59.01XS Bitten by nonvenomous lizards, sequela
• W59.02 Struck by nonvenomous lizards
• W59.02XA Struck by nonvenomous lizards, initial encounter
• W59.02XD Struck by nonvenomous lizards, subsequent encounter
• W59.02XS Struck by nonvenomous lizards, sequela
• W59.09 Other contact with nonvenomous lizards (this code)
• W59.09XA Other contact with nonvenomous lizards, initial encounter
• W59.09XD Other contact with nonvenomous lizards, subsequent encounter
• W59.09XS Other contact with nonvenomous lizards, sequela
• W59.1 Contact with nonvenomous snakes
• W59.11 Bitten by nonvenomous snake