W18.43
W18.43: Slipping, tripping and stumbling without falling due to stepping from one level to another
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
W18.43 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for slipping, tripping and stumbling without falling due to stepping 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 W18
- 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
- Slipping›without fall›due to›stepping from one level to another
- Stumbling›without fall›due to›stepping from one level to another
- Tripping›without fall›due to›stepping from one level to another
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead W18.43
3 child codes. Green means billable.
- W18.43XASlipping, tripping and stumbling without falling due to stepping from one level to another, initial encounter
- W18.43XDSlipping, tripping and stumbling without falling due to stepping from one level to another, subsequent encounter
- W18.43XSSlipping, tripping and stumbling without falling due to stepping from one level to another, sequela