W18.42

W18.42: Slipping, tripping and stumbling without falling due to stepping into hole or opening

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

W18.42 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for slipping, tripping and stumbling without falling due to stepping into hole or opening. 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 inherited from the categories above W18.42

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on W18.4: Slipping, tripping and stumbling without falling

collision with another person without fall (W51)

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Slipping›without fall›due to›stepping into hole or opening
Stumbling›without fall›due to›stepping into hole or opening
Tripping›without fall›due to›stepping into hole or opening

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead W18.42

3 child codes. Green means billable.