W17.81
W17.81: Fall down embankment (hill)
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
W17.81 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for fall down embankment (hill). 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 W17
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Fall, falling›down›embankment
- Fall, falling›down›hill
- Fall, falling›from, off, out of›embankment
- Fall, falling›over›embankment
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead W17.81
3 child codes. Green means billable.