ICD-10-CM › V00-Y99 › W00-W19 › W16 Fall, jump or diving into water › W16.8
Jumping or diving into other 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.
Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:
- W16.81 Jumping or diving into other water striking water surface (also a header)
- W16.82 Jumping or diving into other water striking bottom (also a header)
- W16.83 Jumping or diving into other water striking wall (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.
- FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Jumping or diving into other 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.
Inherited from W16 Fall, jump or diving into water
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)
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| W16.0 | Fall into swimming pool | Not billable |
| W16.1 | Fall into natural body of water | Not billable |
| W16.2 | Fall in (into) filled bathtub or bucket of water | Not billable |
| W16.3 | Fall into other water | Not billable |
| W16.4 | Fall into unspecified water | Not billable |
| W16.5 | Jumping or diving into swimming pool | Not billable |
| W16.6 | Jumping or diving into natural body of water | Not billable |
| W16.7 | Jumping or diving from boat | Not billable |
| W16.9 | Jumping or diving into unspecified water | Not billable |