ICD-10 category · Chapter XX · W50-W64

W55 Bitten or struck by other mammals

81 codes under W55 in the South African Master Industry Table 2021, 70 valid for clinical use.

Valid: the code is at its most specific level and may go on an account. Heading only: code to a more specific entry beneath it. PMB and CDL: a Prescribed Minimum Benefit or Chronic Disease List condition per the Council for Medical Schemes. † dagger and * asterisk codes are used as a pair. How to read the table
CodeDescriptionUseBenefits
W55Bitten or struck by other mammalsHeading only—
W55.0Bitten or struck by other mammals, homeHeading only—
W55.00Bitten or struck by other mammals, home, while engaged in sports activityValid · not as primary—
W55.01Bitten or struck by other mammals, home, while engaged in leisure activityValid · not as primary—
W55.02Bitten or struck by other mammals, home, while working for incomeValid · not as primary—
W55.03Bitten or struck by other mammals, home, while engaged in other types of workValid · not as primary—
W55.04Bitten or struck by other mammals, home, while resting, sleeping, eating or engaging in other vital activitiesValid · not as primary—
W55.08Bitten or struck by other mammals, home, while engaged in other specified activitiesValid · not as primary—
W55.09Bitten or struck by other mammals, home, during unspecified activityValid · not as primary—
W55.1Bitten or struck by other mammals, residential institutionHeading only—
W55.10Bitten or struck by other mammals, residential institution, while engaged in sports activityValid · not as primary—
W55.11Bitten or struck by other mammals, residential institution, while engaged in leisure activityValid · not as primary—
W55.12Bitten or struck by other mammals, residential institution, while working for incomeValid · not as primary—
W55.13Bitten or struck by other mammals, residential institution, while engaged in other types of workValid · not as primary—
W55.14Bitten or struck by other mammals, residential institution, while resting, sleeping, eating or engaging in other vital activitiesValid · not as primary—
W55.18Bitten or struck by other mammals, residential institution, while engaged in other specified activitiesValid · not as primary—
W55.19Bitten or struck by other mammals, residential institution, during unspecified activityValid · not as primary—
W55.2Bitten or struck by other mammals, school, other institution and public administrative areaHeading only—
W55.20Bitten or struck by other mammals, school, other institution and public administrative area, while engaged in sports activityValid · not as primary—
W55.21Bitten or struck by other mammals, school, other institution and public administrative area, while engaged in leisure activityValid · not as primary—
W55.22Bitten or struck by other mammals, school, other institution and public administrative area, while working for incomeValid · not as primary—
W55.23Bitten or struck by other mammals, school, other institution and public administrative area, while engaged in other types of workValid · not as primary—
W55.24Bitten or struck by other mammals, school, other institution and public administrative area, while resting, sleeping, eating or engaging in other vital activitiesValid · not as primary—
W55.28Bitten or struck by other mammals, school, other institution and public administrative area, while engaged in other specified activitiesValid · not as primary—
W55.29Bitten or struck by other mammals, school, other institution and public administrative area, during unspecified activityValid · not as primary—
W55.3Bitten or struck by other mammals, sports and athletics areaHeading only—
W55.30Bitten or struck by other mammals, sports and athletics area, while engaged in sports activityValid · not as primary—
W55.31Bitten or struck by other mammals, sports and athletics area, while engaged in leisure activityValid · not as primary—
W55.32Bitten or struck by other mammals, sports and athletics area, while working for incomeValid · not as primary—
W55.33Bitten or struck by other mammals, sports and athletics area, while engaged in other types of workValid · not as primary—
W55.34Bitten or struck by other mammals, sports and athletics area, while resting, sleeping, eating or engaging in other vital activitiesValid · not as primary—
W55.38Bitten or struck by other mammals, sports and athletics area, while engaged in other specified activitiesValid · not as primary—
W55.39Bitten or struck by other mammals, sports and athletics area, during unspecified activityValid · not as primary—
W55.4Bitten or struck by other mammals, street and highwayHeading only—
W55.40Bitten or struck by other mammals, street and highway, while engaged in sports activityValid · not as primary—
W55.41Bitten or struck by other mammals, street and highway, while engaged in leisure activityValid · not as primary—
W55.42Bitten or struck by other mammals, street and highway, while working for incomeValid · not as primary—
W55.43Bitten or struck by other mammals, street and highway, while engaged in other types of workValid · not as primary—
W55.44Bitten or struck by other mammals, street and highway, while resting, sleeping, eating or engaging in other vital activitiesValid · not as primary—
W55.48Bitten or struck by other mammals, street and highway, while engaged in other specified activitiesValid · not as primary—
W55.49Bitten or struck by other mammals, street and highway, during unspecified activityValid · not as primary—
W55.5Bitten or struck by other mammals, trade and service areaHeading only—
W55.50Bitten or struck by other mammals, trade and service area, while engaged in sports activityValid · not as primary—
W55.51Bitten or struck by other mammals, trade and service area, while engaged in leisure activityValid · not as primary—
W55.52Bitten or struck by other mammals, trade and service area, while working for incomeValid · not as primary—
W55.53Bitten or struck by other mammals, trade and service area, while engaged in other types of workValid · not as primary—
W55.54Bitten or struck by other mammals, trade and service area, while resting, sleeping, eating or engaging in other vital activitiesValid · not as primary—
W55.58Bitten or struck by other mammals, trade and service area, while engaged in other specified activitiesValid · not as primary—
W55.59Bitten or struck by other mammals, trade and service area, during unspecified activityValid · not as primary—
W55.6Bitten or struck by other mammals, industrial and construction areaHeading only—
W55.60Bitten or struck by other mammals, industrial and construction area, while engaged in sports activityValid · not as primary—
W55.61Bitten or struck by other mammals, industrial and construction area, while engaged in leisure activityValid · not as primary—
W55.62Bitten or struck by other mammals, industrial and construction area, while working for incomeValid · not as primary—
W55.63Bitten or struck by other mammals, industrial and construction area, while engaged in other types of workValid · not as primary—
W55.64Bitten or struck by other mammals, industrial and construction area, while resting, sleeping, eating or engaging in other vital activitiesValid · not as primary—
W55.68Bitten or struck by other mammals, industrial and construction area, while engaged in other specified activitiesValid · not as primary—
W55.69Bitten or struck by other mammals, industrial and construction area, during unspecified activityValid · not as primary—
W55.7Bitten or struck by other mammals, farmHeading only—
W55.70Bitten or struck by other mammals, farm, while engaged in sports activityValid · not as primary—
W55.71Bitten or struck by other mammals, farm, while engaged in leisure activityValid · not as primary—
W55.72Bitten or struck by other mammals, farm, while working for incomeValid · not as primary—
W55.73Bitten or struck by other mammals, farm, while engaged in other types of workValid · not as primary—
W55.74Bitten or struck by other mammals, farm, while resting, sleeping, eating or engaging in other vital activitiesValid · not as primary—
W55.78Bitten or struck by other mammals, farm, while engaged in other specified activitiesValid · not as primary—
W55.79Bitten or struck by other mammals, farm, during unspecified activityValid · not as primary—
W55.8Bitten or struck by other mammals, other specified placesHeading only—
W55.80Bitten or struck by other mammals, other specified places, while engaged in sports activityValid · not as primary—
W55.81Bitten or struck by other mammals, other specified places, while engaged in leisure activityValid · not as primary—
W55.82Bitten or struck by other mammals, other specified places, while working for incomeValid · not as primary—
W55.83Bitten or struck by other mammals, other specified places, while engaged in other types of workValid · not as primary—
W55.84Bitten or struck by other mammals, other specified places, while resting, sleeping, eating or engaging in other vital activitiesValid · not as primary—
W55.88Bitten or struck by other mammals, other specified places, while engaged in other specified activitiesValid · not as primary—
W55.89Bitten or struck by other mammals, other specified places, during unspecified activityValid · not as primary—
W55.9Bitten or struck by other mammals, unspecified placeHeading only—
W55.90Bitten or struck by other mammals, unspecified place, while engaged in sports activityValid · not as primary—
W55.91Bitten or struck by other mammals, unspecified place, while engaged in leisure activityValid · not as primary—
W55.92Bitten or struck by other mammals, unspecified place, while working for incomeValid · not as primary—
W55.93Bitten or struck by other mammals, unspecified place, while engaged in other types of workValid · not as primary—
W55.94Bitten or struck by other mammals, unspecified place, while resting, sleeping, eating or engaging in other vital activitiesValid · not as primary—
W55.98Bitten or struck by other mammals, unspecified place, while engaged in other specified activitiesValid · not as primary—
W55.99Bitten or struck by other mammals, unspecified place, during unspecified activityValid · not as primary—

Source and terms

Reproduced from the national table, unaltered.

The Department publishes the table for the industry to load. The ICD-10 Master Industry Table page

Codes and descriptions: ICD-10 Master Industry Table (MIT) 2021, published 16 March 2021 by the National Department of Health, Republic of South Africa. ® National Department of Health: all rights reserved. Reproduced for reference without alteration.

ICD-10 is the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision, © World Health Organization. The WHO ICD-10 descriptions appear as published in the MIT.

Prescribed Minimum Benefit (PMB) and Chronic Disease List (CDL) markers: Council for Medical Schemes, PMB Coded List, as read by GreenNotes. Benefit decisions rest with each medical scheme.

Source file: ICD-10_MIT_2021_Excel_16-March_2021.xlsx. Found an error in a code or description? Write to help@greennotes.co.za.

This lookup is a reference to the published code table, not coding advice. Code assignment is the treating practitioner’s responsibility, following the South African ICD-10 Coding Standards and Guidelines and the WHO ICD-10 volumes. GreenNotes does not warrant that the table is complete or current.
This is the South African table. Most ICD-10 results online are the United States’ ICD-10-CM, a different code set that South African medical schemes do not accept. Regulation 5 of the General Regulations under the Medical Schemes Act requires the diagnostic code on every account, and the Master Industry Table is the list it is coded from.

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