ICD-10-CM › V00-Y99 › W00-W19 › W03 Other fall on same level due to... › W03.XXXA
Other fall on same level due to collision with another person, initial encounter
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2007 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.
- FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Other fall on same level due to collision with another person, initial encounter
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 W03 Other fall on same level due to collision with another person
Seventh character required
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to code W03
Excludes1 - never coded here
- collision with another person without fall (W51)
- crushed or pushed by a crowd or human stampede (W52)
- fall involving pedestrian conveyance (V00-V09)
- fall due to ice or snow (W00)
- fall on same level NOS (W18.30)
Also known as
- Fall due to non-transport collision with other person
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.
- Hitting against
- Collision NEC > person
- Kicking > against > person
- Broken > glass, contact with
- Striking against > wall > falling into water > fountain
- Striking against > wall > falling into water > reservoir
- Fall, falling > from, off, out of > wheelchair, non-moving > powered
- Accident > transport > pedestrian > conveyance > roller skates > in-line > collision
- Tackle in sport
- Tripping > over > person > with fall
- Striking against > person > with fall
- Stumbling > over > person > with fall
- Collision NEC > pedestrian > with fall
- Struck by > other person > with > fall
- Bumping against, into > person > with fall
- Pushed, pushing > by other person > with fall
- Fall, falling > due to > bumping against > person
- Fall, falling > due to > striking against > person
- Fall, falling > due to > collision with another person
- Accident > pedestrian > with > another pedestrian > with fall
- Fall, falling > same level > from > collision, pushing, shoving, by or with other person
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| W03.XXXD | Other fall on same level due to collision with another person, subsequent encounter | Valid |
| W03.XXXS | Other fall on same level due to collision with another person, sequela | Valid |