ICD-10-CM › V00-Y99 › W00-W19 › W00 Fall due to ice and snow › W00.9

W00.9

Unspecified fall due to ice and snow

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:

  • W00.9XXA Unspecified fall due to ice and snow, initial encounter
  • W00.9XXD Unspecified fall due to ice and snow, subsequent encounter
  • W00.9XXS Unspecified fall due to ice and snow, 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.

  1. FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Unspecified fall due to ice and snow

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 W00 Fall due to ice and snow

Seventh character required

  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category W00

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • fall on (from) ice and snow involving pedestrian conveyance (V00.-)
  • fall from stairs and steps not due to ice and snow (W10.-)

Includes

  • pedestrian on foot falling (slipping) on ice and snow

Inherited from the W00-W19 section Slipping, tripping, stumbling and falls (W00-W19)

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • assault involving a fall (Y01-Y02)
  • fall from animal (V80.-)
  • fall (in) (from) machinery (in operation) (W28-W31)
  • fall (in) (from) transport vehicle (V01-V99)
  • intentional self-harm involving a fall (X80-X81)

Excludes2 - not included here

  • at risk for fall (history of fall) Z91.81
  • fall (in) (from) burning building (X00.-)
  • fall into fire (X00-X04, X08)

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.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
W00.0 Fall on same level due to ice and snow Not billable
W00.1 Fall from stairs and steps due to ice and snow Not billable
W00.2 Other fall from one level to another due to ice and snow Not billable