W22.041
W22.041: Striking against wall of swimming pool causing drowning and submersion
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
W22.041 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for striking against wall of swimming pool causing drowning and submersion. 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 W22
- 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.
- drowning and submersion while swimming without striking against wall (W67)
Other codes that can never be billed with W22.041
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- W67Accidental drowning and submersion while in swimming-pool
- W67.XXXAAccidental drowning and submersion while in swimming-pool, initial encounter
- W67.XXXDAccidental drowning and submersion while in swimming-pool, subsequent encounter
- W67.XXXSAccidental drowning and submersion while in swimming-pool, sequela
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Striking against›wall›swimming pool›causing drowning
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead W22.041
3 child codes. Green means billable.