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W16

Fall, jump or diving into water

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 10 more specific codes instead:

  • W16.0 Fall into swimming pool (also a header)
  • W16.1 Fall into natural body of water (also a header)
  • W16.2 Fall in (into) filled bathtub or bucket of water (also a header)
  • W16.3 Fall into other water (also a header)
  • W16.4 Fall into unspecified water (also a header)
  • W16.5 Jumping or diving into swimming pool (also a header)
  • W16.6 Jumping or diving into natural body of water (also a header)
  • W16.7 Jumping or diving from boat (also a header)
  • W16.8 Jumping or diving into other water (also a header)
  • W16.9 Jumping or diving into unspecified water (also a header)

This code requires a seventh character. See the rule below.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 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. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Fall, jump or diving into water

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.

This code

Seventh character required

  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category W16

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • accidental non-watercraft drowning and submersion not involving fall (W65-W74)
  • effects of air pressure from diving (W94.-)
  • fall into water from watercraft (V90-V94)
  • hitting an object or against bottom when falling from watercraft (V94.0)

Excludes2 - not included here

  • striking or hitting diving board (W21.4)

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)