W00.0

W00.0: Fall on same level due to ice and snow

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

W00.0 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for fall on same level 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 inherited from the categories above W00.0

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on W00: Fall due to ice and snow

fall on (from) ice and snow involving pedestrian conveyance (V00.-)
fall from stairs and steps not due to ice and snow (W10.-)

Other codes that can never be billed with W00.0

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

V00Pedestrian conveyance accident
W01Fall on same level from slipping, tripping and stumbling

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Fall, falling›same level›involving ice or snow
Slipping›on›ice
Slipping›on›snow
Bumping against, into›person›with fall›due to ice or snow
Collision NEC›pedestrian›with fall›due to ice or snow
Fall, falling›due to›collision with another person›due to ice or snow
Fall, falling›due to›ice or snow›on same level
Pushed, pushing›by other person›with fall›due to ice or snow
Striking against›person›with fall›due to ice or snow
Fall, falling›due to›bumping against›person›due to ice or snow
Fall, falling›due to›striking against›person›due to ice or snow
Struck by›other person›with›fall›due to ice or snow