W01.198
W01.198: Fall on same level from slipping, tripping and stumbling with subsequent striking against other object
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
W01.198 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for fall on same level from slipping, tripping and stumbling with subsequent striking against other 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
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above W01.198
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
- Fall, falling›due to›slipping›with subsequent striking against object›specified NEC
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead W01.198
3 child codes. Green means billable.
- W01.198AFall on same level from slipping, tripping and stumbling with subsequent striking against other object, initial encounter
- W01.198DFall on same level from slipping, tripping and stumbling with subsequent striking against other object, subsequent encounter
- W01.198SFall on same level from slipping, tripping and stumbling with subsequent striking against other object, sequela