Bitten by cow, sequela

This code signifies a past injury resulting from a cow bite, where the patient is now experiencing a long-term complication or residual effect of that original bite. This could include chronic pain, nerve damage, scarring, or persistent infection that developed after the initial acute injury healed.

Apply this code when a patient presents for treatment of a condition directly attributable to a cow bite that occurred in the past, and the current encounter is for managing these ongoing issues. This is appropriate for follow-up care related to the original injury, not for the initial acute bite.

• Always use in conjunction with a code describing the specific sequela (e.g., scar, chronic wound, nerve damage).
• Ensure documentation clearly links the current condition to the previous cow bite.
• Do not use for initial encounters for acute cow bites; those would use the acute injury code.