W18.0
W18.0: Fall due to bumping against object
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
W18.0 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for fall due to bumping against object. 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 W18
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Excludes1: never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
- fall on same level due to slipping, tripping, or stumbling with subsequent striking against object (W01.1-)
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Striking against object with subsequent fall
Other codes that can never be billed with W18.0
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- W01Fall on same level from slipping, tripping and stumbling
- W21Striking against or struck by sports equipment
- W22Striking against or struck by other objects
- W25Contact with sharp glass
- W25.XXXAContact with sharp glass, initial encounter
- W25.XXXDContact with sharp glass, subsequent encounter
- W25.XXXSContact with sharp glass, sequela
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead W18.0
4 child codes. Green means billable.