W18.2
W18.2: Fall in (into) shower or empty bathtub
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
W18.2 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for fall in (into) shower or empty bathtub. 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 in full bathtub causing drowning or submersion (W16.21-)
Other codes that can never be billed with W18.2
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Fall, falling›in, on›bathtub(empty)
- Fall, falling›in, on›shower
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead W18.2
3 child codes. Green means billable.