ICD-10-CM › V00-Y99 › W00-W19 › W17.8 Other fall from one level to another › W17.89
Other fall from one level to another
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:
- W17.89XA Other fall from one level to another, initial encounter
- W17.89XD Other fall from one level to another, subsequent encounter
- W17.89XS Other fall from one level to another, 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 Other fall from one level to another
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 W17 Other fall from one level to another
Seventh character required
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category W17
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
- Jumped, jumping > from > building
- Jumped, jumping > from > structure
- Fall, falling > into > tank
- Fall, falling > into > shaft
- Fall, falling > into > quarry
- Fall, falling > into > haystack
- Jumped, jumping > from > high place NEC
- Fall, falling > from, off, out of > quarry
- Fall, falling > from, off, out of > haystack
- Fall, falling > from, off, out of > sky lift
- Fall, falling > into > opening in surface NEC
- Fall, falling > from, off, out of > cherry picker
- Fall, falling > from, off, out of > high place NEC
- Fall, falling > from, off, out of > lifting device
- Fall, falling > from, off, out of > one level to another NEC
- Fall, falling > from, off, out of > vehicle NEC > stationary
- Fall, falling > from, off, out of > mobile elevated work platform [MEWP]
- Fall, falling > from, off, out of > machine, machinery > not in operation
- Pushed, pushing > by other person > from > high place NEC > in accidental circumstances
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| W17.81 | Fall down embankment (hill) | Not billable |
| W17.82 | Fall from (out of) grocery cart | Not billable |