W17.89 — Other fall from one level to another
W17.89 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other fall from one level to another. 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
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Fall from cherry picker
- Fall from lifting device
- Fall from mobile elevated work platform [MEWP]
- Fall from sky lift
Risk adjustment
W17.89 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 W17.89 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 W17.89.
- Fall, falling›from, off, out of›cherry picker
- Fall, falling›from, off, out of›haystack
- Fall, falling›from, off, out of›high place NEC
- Fall, falling›from, off, out of›lifting device
- Fall, falling›from, off, out of›mobile elevated work platform [MEWP]
- Fall, falling›from, off, out of›one level to another NEC
- Fall, falling›from, off, out of›quarry
- Fall, falling›from, off, out of›sky lift
- Fall, falling›into›haystack
- Fall, falling›into›opening in surface NEC
- Fall, falling›into›quarry
- Fall, falling›into›shaft
Code to one of these instead W17.89
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share W17.8. If W17.89 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about W17.89
- Is W17.89 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. W17.89 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does W17.89 sit in the tabular list?
- External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99), in the block Slipping, tripping, stumbling and falls (W00-W19).