Chapter XX
Contact with venomous animals and plants - X20-X29

[See at the beginning of this chapter for fourth-character subdivisions]

Includes:

• chemical released by:
  
• animal
  
• insect
  
• release of venom through fangs, hairs, spines, tentacles and other venom apparatus
• venomous bites and stings

Excludes:

• ingestion of poisonous animals or plants ( X49.- )

• X20 Contact with venomous snakes and lizards
• X21 Contact with venomous spiders
• X22 Contact with scorpions
• X23 Contact with hornets, wasps and bees
• X24 Contact with centipedes and venomous millipedes (tropical)
• X25 Contact with other specified venomous arthropods
• X26 Contact with venomous marine animals and plants
• X27 Contact with other specified venomous animals
• X28 Contact with other specified venomous plants
• X29 Contact with unspecified venomous animal or plant

The information was verified by Dr. Rachana Salvi, MD Pharmacology