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W60 - Contact with nonvenomous plant thorns and spines and sharp leaves


The ICD 10 Code for Contact with nonvenomous plant thorns and spines and sharp leaves is listed as W60.
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: W60
Description: Contact with nonvenomous plant thorns and spines and sharp leaves
  • Excludes1: Contact with venomous plants (T63.7-)
  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to code W60
  • A - initial encounter
  • D - subsequent encounter
  • S - sequela
Chapter External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99)