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Lizard bite
Classification and external resources
ICD-10	T14.1, W59 (nonvenomous), X20 (venomous)
ICD-9	E905.0, E906.2

Lizard bite is a cutaneous condition caused by bites from various lizards, including Heloderma suspectum.^[1]^:456

References

^ James, William D.; Berger, Timothy G.; et al. (2006). Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: clinical Dermatology. Saunders Elsevier. ISBN 0-7216-2921-0.

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General wounds and injuries (T08-T35, 870-949)

General Wound/
trauma

Blunt trauma/ superficial/closed	Abrasion (Avulsion) Blister (Blood blister) Bruise/Hematoma/Ecchymosis (Battle's sign, Raccoon eyes, Black eye, Subungual hematoma, Cullen's sign, Grey Turner's sign, Retroperitoneal hemorrhage) Animal bite: Insect bite · Spider bite

Penetrating trauma/open	Animal bite: Snakebite · Lizard bite Ballistic trauma

Foreign body

In alimentary tract (Bezoar)

Other

Burn/Corrosion/Chemical burn · Frostbite · Traumatic amputation

By region

Hand injury · Head injury · Chest trauma · Abdominal trauma

M: INT, SF, LCT

anat/phys/devp

noco(i,b,d,q,u,r,p,k,c,v)/cong/tumr(n,e,d), sysi/epon

proc, drug (D2/3/4/5/8)

Animal bites and stings (X20, E900-E909)

Animal bites and stings

Arthropod bites and stings: Arachnid (Scorpion sting, Spider bite/Arachnidism) · Insect bites and stings (Pulicosis, Reduviid bite, Cimicosis, Ant sting, Bee sting) · Myriapoda (Centipede bite, Millipede burn)

Vertebrate: Dog bite · Snakebite · Lizard bite · Stingray injury · Shark attack

Other: Jellyfish sting/Jellyfish dermatitis (Coral dermatitis, Hydroid dermatitis, Portuguese man-of-war dermatitis, Sea anemone dermatitis, Seabather's eruption)

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