W16

The ICD-10-CM code for fall, jump or diving into water is W16. The full clinical description is "Fall, jump or diving into water". W16 is a non-billable header code. Use a more specific child code for billing purposes.

ICD-10-CM code W16 represents “Fall, jump or diving into water”. It is classified under Chapter 21: External Causes of Morbidity and is a non-billable header code. Use a more specific child code for billing purposes.

No, W16 is a non-billable header code. You need to use one of its more specific child codes for billing. There are 10 child codes under W16.

W16 is in Chapter 21: External Causes of Morbidity (codes V00-Y99).

W16 has Excludes1 notes indicating codes that cannot be used together with it, including: assault involving a fall (Y01-Y02); fall from animal (V80.-); fall (in) (from) machinery (in operation) (W28-W31); and 6 more.

W16 has 10 child codes, including: W16.0 (Fall into swimming pool), W16.1 (Fall into natural body of water), W16.2 (Fall in (into) filled bathtub or bucket of water), W16.3 (Fall into other water), and 6 more.

W16 is linked to 1 UMLS Concept Unique Identifier: C2900308. The UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) integrates multiple biomedical vocabularies maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

ICF (International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health) codes describe how conditions like fall, jump or diving into water affect a person's functioning — body functions, activities, participation, and environmental factors. AutoICD provides ICF Core Sets for 12+ conditions and can map clinical text to ICF categories automatically. Browse the ICF directory to explore functioning codes.

W16 maps to the ICD-11 code: PA92 (Unintentional injury other than drowning following fall into body of water).