W13.8
W13.8: Fall from, out of or through other building or structure
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
W13.8 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for fall from, out of or through other building or structure. 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 W13
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Fall from, out of or through viaduct
- Fall from, out of or through wall
- Fall from, out of or through flag-pole
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›flagpole
- Fall, falling›from, off, out of›structure NEC
- Fall, falling›from, off, out of›viaduct
- Fall, falling›from, off, out of›wall
- Fall, falling›out of›building NEC
- Fall, falling›through›wall
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead W13.8
3 child codes. Green means billable.