ICD-10-CM › V00-Y99 › W00-W19 › W09 Fall on and from playground equipment › W09.0
Fall on or from playground slide
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:
- W09.0XXA Fall on or from playground slide, initial encounter
- W09.0XXD Fall on or from playground slide, subsequent encounter
- W09.0XXS Fall on or from playground slide, 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 on or from playground slide
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 W09 Fall on and from playground equipment
Seventh character required
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category W09
Excludes1 - never coded here
- fall involving recreational machinery (W31)
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 > in, on > playground equipment > slide
- Fall, falling > involving > playground equipment > slide
- Fall, falling > from, off, out of > playground equipment > slide
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| W09.1 | Fall from playground swing | Not billable |
| W09.2 | Fall on or from jungle gym | Not billable |
| W09.8 | Fall on or from other playground equipment | Not billable |