Someone helpful has changed the ICD-10 definition to include the word tick, although the ICD-10 definition is “Bitten or stung by nonvenomous insect and other nonvenomous arthropods, initial encounter.” A tick is an arthropod. But, the problem with that is, W57.xxxA is an external cause code.
Open bite, right knee, initial encounter. S81.051A is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. The 2019 edition of ICD-10-CM S81.051A became effective on October 1, 2018.
The first code should be an S code that describes the location of the bite, such as S70.362A “Insect bite (nonvenomous), left thigh, initial encounter.” So, it isn’t that it is difficult to code for a tick bite, it’s that there are two steps and the super easy, quick search leads providers astray.
open fracture of knee and lower leg ( S82.-) traumatic amputation of lower leg ( S88.-) open wound of ankle and foot ( S91.-) Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.
The first code should be an S code that describes the location of the bite, such as S70. 362A “Insect bite (nonvenomous), left thigh, initial encounter.”
S80.861AICD-10 Code for Insect bite (nonvenomous), right lower leg, initial encounter- S80. 861A- Codify by AAPC.
919.4 - Insect bite, nonvenomous, of other, multiple, and unspecified sites, without mention of infection | ICD-10-CM.
W54.0XXAICD-10-CM Code for Bitten by dog, initial encounter W54. 0XXA.
In the Alphabetic Index, look up “Infection, skin (local)” to find L08. 9. Verify the code in the Tabular List. In the External Causes Index, look for “bite.” Bite, bitten by does not list “tick,” but insect (nonvenomous) leads to W57.
860A – Insect Bite (Nonvenomous) of Lower Back and Pelvis, Initial Encounter.
Ticks are rarely considered as venomous animals despite that tick saliva contains several protein families present in venomous taxa and that many Ixodida genera can induce paralysis and other types of toxicoses.
ICD-10 code A69. 2 for Lyme disease is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Certain infectious and parasitic diseases .
ICD-10-CM Code for Pruritus, unspecified L29. 9.
Code W54. 0XXA is the diagnosis code used for Bitten by Dog, Initial Encounter.
M25. 561 Pain in right knee - ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes.
E906.0ICD-9 Code E906. 0 -Dog bite- Codify by AAPC.
A tick is an arthropod. But, the problem with that is, W57.xxxA is an external cause code.
A tick is an arthropod. But, the problem with that is, W57.xxxA is an external cause code. It may not be submitted in the first position on the claim form, and often it is the only code selected by the provider.