ICD-10-CM › V00-Y99 › W00-W19 › W05.0 Fall from non-moving wheelchair › W05.0XXS

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

What has happened to this code

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 W05 Fall from non-moving wheelchair, nonmotorized scooter and motorized mobility scooter

Seventh character required

• The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category W05

Excludes1 - never coded here

• fall from moving wheelchair (powered) (V00.811)
• fall from moving motorized mobility scooter (V00.831)
• fall from nonmotorized scooter (V00.141)

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.

• Broken > glass, contact with
• Fall, falling > out of > wheelchair, non-moving
• Fall, falling > involving > wheelchair, non-moving
• Fall, falling > from, off, out of > wheelchair, non-moving

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
W05.0XXA	Fall from non-moving wheelchair, initial encounter	Valid
W05.0XXD	Fall from non-moving wheelchair, subsequent encounter	Valid