DxCodebookFY2027 · Oct 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2027

Category · FY2027

W03 Other fall on same level due to collision with another person

  • Header · not billable
  • Codes take a 7th character

W03 is not billable. The category heads 3 billable codes in FY2027. Its codes take a 7th character, so none is complete with fewer than 7 characters.

Where it sits

  1. Chapter 20 External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99)
  2. W00-W19 Slipping, tripping, stumbling and falls (W00-W19)
  3. W03 Other fall on same level due to collision with another person
Billable codes
3
Subdivisions
0
CC / MCC codes
0 / 0
HCC V28 codes
0
New FY2027
0
Index entries
0

Codes in W03

  1. W03.XXXA
    Other fall on same level due to collision with another person, initial encounter
    Billable
  2. W03.XXXD
    Other fall on same level due to collision with another person, subsequent encounter
    Billable
  3. W03.XXXS
    Other fall on same level due to collision with another person, sequela
    Billable

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 W03

Inclusion terms

  • Fall due to non-transport collision with other person

Excludes1

  • collision with another person without fall (W51) W51
  • crushed or pushed by a crowd or human stampede (W52) W52
  • fall involving pedestrian conveyance (V00-V09) V00 V09
  • fall due to ice or snow (W00) W00
  • fall on same level NOS (W18.30) W18.30

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 W03 defined here

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to code W03

7th characters for W03
7thMeaning (NCHS)
Ainitial encounter
Dsubsequent encounter
Ssequela

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.

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