ICD-10-CM › V00-Y99 › V00-V09 › V00.32 Snow-ski accident › V00.321
Fall from snow-skis
Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.
Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:
- V00.321A Fall from snow-skis, initial encounter
- V00.321D Fall from snow-skis, subsequent encounter
- V00.321S Fall from snow-skis, sequela
This code requires a seventh character. See the rule below.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2014 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.
- FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Fall from snow-skis
Official coding rules
Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.
Inherited from V00 Pedestrian conveyance accident
Seventh character required
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V00
Excludes1 - never coded here
- collision with another person without fall (W51)
- fall due to person on foot colliding with another person on foot (W03)
- fall from non-moving wheelchair, nonmotorized scooter and motorized mobility scooter without collision (W05.-)
- pedestrian (conveyance) collision with other land transport vehicle (V01-V09)
- pedestrian on foot falling (slipping) on ice and snow (W00.-)
Use additional code
- place of occurrence and activity external cause codes, if known (Y92.-, Y93.-)
Inherited from the V00-V09 section Pedestrian injured in transport accident (V00-V09)
Excludes1 - never coded here
- fall due to non-transport collision with other person (W03)
- struck or bumped by another person (W51)
Includes
- person changing tire on transport vehicle
- person examining engine of vehicle broken down in (on side of) road
How CDC's index refers to this code
Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.
- Accident > ski
- Collision NEC > person
- Fall, falling > involving > skis
- Slipping > on > snow > with skis
- Slipping > on > ice > with skates
- Fall, falling > involving > skates
- Fall, falling > involving > skateboard
- Fall, falling > involving > roller blades
- Accident > pedestrian > on pedestrian conveyance
- Fall, falling > from, off, out of > wheelchair, non-moving > powered
- Fall, falling > due to > ice or snow > involving pedestrian conveyance
- Collision NEC > pedestrian > with fall > involving pedestrian conveyance
- Fall, falling > due to > bumping against > person > on pedestrian conveyance
- Accident > transport > pedestrian > conveyance > gliding type NEC > ice skate
- Fall, falling > due to > striking against > person > on pedestrian conveyance
- Accident > transport > pedestrian > conveyance > flat-bottomed NEC > snow > ski
- Accident > transport > pedestrian > conveyance > rolling type NEC > roller skate
- Accident > transport > pedestrian > conveyance > roller skates > in-line > collision
- Fall, falling > same level > involving ice or snow > involving skates, skateboard, skis
- Accident > transport > pedestrian > conveyance > rolling type NEC > in-line roller skate
- Fall, falling > due to > collision with another person > involving pedestrian conveyance
- Accident > transport > pedestrian > conveyance > skis > fall
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| V00.322 | Snow-skier colliding with stationary object | Not billable |
| V00.328 | Other snow-ski accident | Not billable |