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ICD-10-CM Code for Contact with dog W54

ICD-10 code W54 for Contact with dog is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Other external causes of accidental injury .

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Contact with dog
Includes: contact with saliva, feces or urine of dog
 
W54 Contact with dog
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Bitten by dog
Child Code
Struck by dog
Child Code
Other contact with dog

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