Activity, grooming and shearing an animal

This code identifies an injury or adverse event that occurred while an individual was engaged in the activity of grooming or shearing an animal. This includes tasks such as brushing, bathing, clipping, or otherwise preparing an animal's coat or fur.

This code is appropriate for documenting the external cause of an injury sustained during animal grooming activities, such as a bite from a dog while bathing it, a cut from clippers while shearing a sheep, or a fall while attempting to restrain an animal for grooming. It should be used as a secondary code to specify the activity leading to the primary injury diagnosis.

• Always assign this code as an external cause code, never as a primary diagnosis.
• Ensure a primary diagnosis code for the actual injury (e.g., bite, laceration, fracture) is also reported.
• Consider additional external cause codes if other factors contributed to the injury (e.g., Y92.830 for animal care area).