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Category · FY2027

W17 Other fall from one level to another

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

W17 is not billable. The category heads 24 billable codes in FY2027, grouped under 6 subdivisions. 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. W17 Other fall from one level to another
Billable codes
24
Subdivisions
6
CC / MCC codes
0 / 0
HCC V28 codes
0
New FY2027
0
Index entries
0

Codes in W17

  1. W17.0
    Fall into well +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
  2. W17.1
    Fall into storm drain or manhole +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
  3. W17.2
    Fall into hole +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th character
    Inclusion terms 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Fall into pit
  4. W17.3
    Fall into empty swimming pool +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
    Excludes1 1

    Excludes1

    • fall into filled swimming pool (W16.0-) W16.0
  5. W17.4
    Fall from dock +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
  6. W17.8
    Other fall from one level to another
    Header
  7. W17.81
    Fall down embankment (hill) +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
  8. W17.82
    Fall from (out of) grocery cart +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
    Inclusion terms 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Fall due to grocery cart tipping over
  9. W17.89
    Other fall from one level to another +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt: 2 of 3 7th characters
    Inclusion terms 4

    Inclusion terms

    • Fall from cherry picker
    • Fall from lifting device
    • Fall from mobile elevated work platform [MEWP]
    • Fall from sky lift

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

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 W17 defined here

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category W17

7th characters for W17
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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