W10.8
W10.8: Fall (on) (from) other stairs and steps
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
W10.8 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for fall (on) (from) other stairs and steps. 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
Other codes that can never be billed with W10.8
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›from, off, out of›stairs, steps›specified NEC
- Fall, falling›in, on›staircase, stairs, steps›specified NEC
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead W10.8
3 child codes. Green means billable.