W01.0

W01.0: Fall on same level from slipping, tripping and stumbling without subsequent striking against object

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

W01.0 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for fall on same level from slipping, tripping and stumbling without subsequent striking against object. 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 W01

A: initial encounter
D: subsequent encounter
S: sequela

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Falling over animal

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above W01.0

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on W01: Fall on same level from slipping, tripping and stumbling

fall due to bumping (striking) against object (W18.0-)
fall in shower or bathtub (W18.2-)
fall on same level NOS (W18.30)
fall on same level from slipping, tripping and stumbling due to ice or snow (W00.0)
fall off or from toilet (W18.1-)
slipping, tripping and stumbling NOS (W18.40)
slipping, tripping and stumbling without falling (W18.4-)

Risk adjustment

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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Slipping(accidental) (on same level) (with fall)
Fall, falling›due to›slipping(on moving sidewalk)
Fall, falling›over›animal
Fall, falling›over›small object
Slipping›on›mud
Slipping›on›oil
Slipping›on›surface NEC(slippery) (wet)
Stumbling›over›animal NEC
Tripping›over›animal
Fall, falling›same level›from›slipping, stumbling, tripping
Tripping›over›animal›with fall

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead W01.0

3 child codes. Green means billable.

Other codes under W01

W01.1Fall on same level from slipping, tripping and stumbling with subsequent striking against object