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W53 - Contact with rodent


The ICD 10 Code for Contact with rodent is listed as W53.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 9 crosswalks / GEMS, chapter information, and DRGs where available.

ICD 10 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: W53
Description: Contact with rodent
  • Includes: contact with saliva, feces or urine of rodent
  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category W53
  • A - initial encounter
  • D - subsequent encounter
  • S - sequela
Chapter External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99)
ICD-10-CM Children (deeper level / typically more specific) of W53:
W53.0 - Contact with mouse
W53.1 - Contact with rat
W53.2 - Contact with squirrel
W53.8 - Contact with other rodent