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X29 ICD-10-CA code: Contact with unspecified venomous animal or plant

X29 is the ICD-10-CA code for “Contact with unspecified venomous animal or plant” in CIHI’s FY 2026–2027 release, in effect from Apr 1, 2026.

Official description

X29

Contact with unspecified venomous animal or plant

Short description: Contact w unspec venomous animal/plant

ICD-10-CA · Canada

Index terms

Entries in CIHI’s alphabetical index that lead to X29. Searching the index by the condition the note names is how coders reach this code.

  • Sting (venomous)
  • Bite, bitten by, venomous
  • Bite, bitten by, mammal NEC, venomous
  • Contact (accidental), with, venomous, plant
  • Contact (accidental), with, venomous, animal
  • Contact (accidental), with, animal (nonvenomous) NEC, venomous

Notes for X29

As CIHI prints them, with any note X29 takes from the headings above it.

Includes

Use additional code

Add a code for this detail when the note documents it.

Excludes

Conditions classified elsewhere.

Note

  • This chapter, which in previous revisions of ICD constituted a supplementary classification, permits the classification of environmental events and circumstances as the cause of injury, poisoning and other adverse effects. Where a code from this section is applicable, it is intended that it shall be used in addition to a code from another chapter of the Classification indicating the nature of the condition. Most often, the condition will be classifiable to Chapter XIX, Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T98). Causes of death should preferably be tabulated according to both Chapter XIX and Chapter XX, but if only one code is tabulated then the code from Chapter XX should be used in preference. Other conditions that may be stated to be due to external causes are classified in Chapters I to XVIII. For these conditions, codes from Chapter XX should be used to provide additional information for multiple-condition analysis only.From Chapter 20: External causes of morbidity and mortality (V01-Y98)

Where X29 sits

  1. 1ChapterChapter 20: External causes of morbidity and mortality (V01-Y98)
  2. 2Block V01-X59Accidents
  3. 3Block W00-X59Other external causes of accidental injury
  4. 4Block X20-X29Contact with venomous animals and plants
  5. 5Valid code X29Contact with unspecified venomous animal or plant

Source and release

Data release
ICD-10-CA · FY 2026–2027
Effective date
Apr 1, 2026
Publisher
CIHI

This page is built from the ICD-10-CA catalog that Vero Codes reads when it suggests codes: Canadian Institute for Health Information’s FY 2026–2027 release, imported from the publisher’s file and checked against it. The description, notes and structured data come from the same record.

See X29 in the CIHI source

Frequently asked questions

What does ICD-10-CA code X29 mean?

X29 is the ICD-10-CA code for “Contact with unspecified venomous animal or plant” in CIHI’s ICD-10-CA FY 2026–2027 release.

Where is X29 in ICD-10-CA?

X29 sits under X20-X29 Contact with venomous animals and plants, within W00-X59 Other external causes of accidental injury, within V01-X59 Accidents, within Chapter 20: External causes of morbidity and mortality (V01-Y98).

What coding notes apply to X29?

ICD-10-CA lists Includes, Use additional code, Excludes, Note notes for X29, including those from the headings it sits under. They are listed on this page with where each one comes from.

Which ICD-10-CA release does this page use?

It uses CIHI’s FY 2026–2027 release, in effect from Apr 1, 2026 to Mar 31, 2027. It is a reference: confirm the code against the current list and the payer’s rules before you submit it.

Codes beside X29

X20Contact with venomous snakes and lizardsX21Contact with venomous spidersX22Contact with scorpionsX23Contact with hornets, wasps and beesX24Contact with centipedes and venomous millipedes (tropical)X25Contact with other venomous arthropodsX26Contact with venomous marine animals and plantsX27Contact with other specified venomous animalsX28Contact with other specified venomous plants