Review of Animal Bite Keyword Report data revealed several additional case definition inclusion and exclusion keywords. This knowledge has led to continued development of keyword reports. The Animal Bite ICD-9-CM Code Report indicated a total of 33,294 ED visits for animal bite from 2008 to 2010. For each year, the highest proportion of ICD-9-CMÁcoded animal bite ED visits to total ED visits were for 5Á9 year olds (Fig. 1) . Across all 3 years, males had a slightly higher proportion of animal bite-coded ED visits to total ED visits (0.28%) compared to females (0.23%).