W08
W08 — Fall from other furniture
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
W08 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for fall from other furniture. 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 code W08
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Risk adjustment
W08 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
How W08 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to W08.
- Fall, falling›from, off, out of›furniture NEC
- Fall, falling›from, off, out of›stool
- Fall, falling›from, off, out of›table
- Fall, falling›involving›furniture NEC
- Fall, falling›involving›table
- Fall, falling›out of›furniture NEC
Code to one of these instead W08
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Questions about W08
- Is W08 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. W08 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does W08 sit in the tabular list?
- External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99), in the block Slipping, tripping, stumbling and falls (W00-W19).