W10.2

W10.2: Fall (on)(from) incline

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

W10.2 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for fall (on)(from) incline. 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 W10

A: initial encounter
D: subsequent encounter
S: sequela

Inclusion terms

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

Fall (on) (from) ramp

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above W10.2

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on W10: Fall on and from stairs and steps

Fall from stairs and steps due to ice and snow (W00.1)

Other codes that can never be billed with W10.2

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

W00Fall due to ice and snow

Risk adjustment

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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Fall, falling›down›ramp
Fall, falling›from, off, out of›incline
Fall, falling›from, off, out of›ramp
Fall, falling›in, on›incline
Fall, falling›in, on›ramp
Fall, falling›from, off, out of›stairs, steps›incline
Fall, falling›from, off, out of›stairs, steps›ramp
Fall, falling›in, on›staircase, stairs, steps›incline