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W56.4 - Contact with shark


The ICD 10 Code for Contact with shark is listed as W56.4.
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: W56.4
Description: Contact with shark
Chapter External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99)
Block Accidents (V00-X58)
Parent W56 - Contact with nonvenomous marine animal
ICD-10-CM Children (deeper level / typically more specific) of W56.4:
W56.41 - Bitten by shark
W56.42 - Struck by shark
W56.49 - Other contact with shark
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of W56.4:
W56.0 - Contact with dolphin
W56.1 - Contact with sea lion
W56.2 - Contact with orca
W56.3 - Contact with other marine mammals
W56.5 - Contact with other fish
W56.8 - Contact with other nonvenomous marine animals