ICD-10-CM › V00-Y99 › W00-W19 › W10.8 Fall (on) (from) other stairs and steps › W10.8XXD

W10.8XXD

Fall (on) (from) other stairs and steps, subsequent encounter

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

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

Valid FY2016 onwards.

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.

  1. FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Fall (on) (from) other stairs and steps, subsequent 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 W10 Fall on and from stairs and steps

Seventh character required

  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category W10

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • Fall from stairs and steps due to ice and snow (W00.1)

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
W10.8XXA Fall (on) (from) other stairs and steps, initial encounter Valid
W10.8XXS Fall (on) (from) other stairs and steps, sequela Valid