W20.1
W20.1: Struck by object due to collapse of building
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
W20.1 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for struck by object due to collapse of building. 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 W20
- 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.
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above W20.1
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Other codes that can never be billed with W20.1
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- W13.9Fall from, out of or through building, not otherwise specified
- W13.9XXAFall from, out of or through building, not otherwise specified, initial encounter
- W13.9XXDFall from, out of or through building, not otherwise specified, subsequent encounter
- W13.9XXSFall from, out of or through building, not otherwise specified, sequela
- W22.8Striking against or struck by other objects
- W22.8XXAStriking against or struck by other objects, initial encounter
- W22.8XXDStriking against or struck by other objects, subsequent encounter
- W22.8XXSStriking against or struck by other objects, sequela
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Collapse›building
- Collapse›structure
- Fall, falling›building
- Fall, falling›structure
- Struck by›object›falling›from, in, on›building
- Struck by›object›falling›from, in, on›structure
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead W20.1
3 child codes. Green means billable.