ICD-10-CM › V00-Y99 › W00-W19 › W18.0 Fall due to bumping against object › W18.01
Striking against sports equipment with subsequent fall
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:
- W18.01XA Striking against sports equipment with subsequent fall, initial encounter
- W18.01XD Striking against sports equipment with subsequent fall, subsequent encounter
- W18.01XS Striking against sports equipment with subsequent fall, 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 Striking against sports equipment with subsequent fall
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 W18 Other slipping, tripping and stumbling and falls
Seventh character required
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category W18
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.
- Hitting against
- Collision NEC > person
- Broken > glass, contact with
- Striking against > object > with > fall
- Bumping against, into > object NEC > with fall
- Collision NEC > pedestrian > and > object > with fall
- Striking against > wall > falling into water > fountain
- Striking against > wall > falling into water > reservoir
- Fall, falling > due to > bumping against > object > sports equipment
- Fall, falling > due to > striking against > object > sports equipment
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| W18.00 | Striking against unspecified object with subsequent fall | Not billable |
| W18.02 | Striking against glass with subsequent fall | Not billable |
| W18.09 | Striking against other object with subsequent fall | Not billable |