Category · FY2027

W00 Fall due to ice and snow

Header · not billable
Codes take a 7th character

W00 is not billable. The category heads 12 billable codes in FY2027, grouped under 4 subdivisions. Its codes take a 7th character, so none is complete with fewer than 7 characters.

Where it sits

Chapter 20 External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99)
W00-W19 Slipping, tripping, stumbling and falls (W00-W19)
W00 Fall due to ice and snow

Billable codes: 12
Subdivisions: 4
CC / MCC codes: 0 / 0
HCC V28 codes: 0
New FY2027: 0
Index entries: 0

Codes in W00

W00.0
Fall on same level due to ice and snow +7th: A D S
Needs 7th character
W00.1
Fall from stairs and steps due to ice and snow +7th: A D S
Needs 7th character
W00.2
Other fall from one level to another due to ice and snow +7th: A D S
Needs 7th character
W00.9
Unspecified fall due to ice and snow +7th: A D S
Needs 7th character

Sources of each column. Rows marked +7th need a 7th character: pick one to build the full code; its code card has its own flags.

Instructions

At W00

Includes

pedestrian on foot falling (slipping) on ice and snow

Excludes1

fall on (from) ice and snow involving pedestrian conveyance (V00.-) V00
fall from stairs and steps not due to ice and snow (W10.-) W10

Notes that also apply

Block W00-W19 instructions (Excludes1 5, Excludes2 3): printed on the block page.

Chapter 20 instructions (Notes 1): printed on the chapter 20 page.

7th characters

7th characters for W00 defined here

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category W00

7th characters for W00
7th	Meaning (NCHS)
A	initial encounter
D	subsequent encounter
S	sequela

A code that takes a 7th character is invalid without it; the placeholder X fills a code shorter than 6 characters (Official Guidelines I.A.5). How 7th characters work.