W00
W00: Fall due to ice and snow
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
W00 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for fall due to ice and snow. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below. This code also requires a 7th character before it is complete.
This code requires a 7th character
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category W00
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Excludes1: never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
Includes
Conditions this code covers.
- pedestrian on foot falling (slipping) on ice and snow
Other codes that can never be billed with W00
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- W10Fall on and from stairs and steps
- V00Pedestrian conveyance accident
- W01Fall on same level from slipping, tripping and stumbling
- W03Other fall on same level due to collision with another person
- W03.XXXAOther fall on same level due to collision with another person, initial encounter
- W03.XXXDOther fall on same level due to collision with another person, subsequent encounter
- W03.XXXSOther fall on same level due to collision with another person, sequela
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead W00
4 child codes. Green means billable.