W05
Header — not billableFall from non-moving wheelchair, nonmotorized scooter and motorized mobility scooter
The ICD-10 code for fall from non-moving wheelchair, nonmotorized scooter and motorized mobility scooter is W05.
W05 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 3 more specific codes below.
Clinical notes
Excludes1 (not coded here)
An Excludes1 note is a pure exclusion: the excluded condition and this code should never be reported together, because the two conditions cannot occur at the same time (e.g. a congenital form vs. an acquired form of the same disease).
7th character definitions
These definitions specify what each valid 7th-character value means for codes in this category.
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7th character note
This category requires a 7th character to indicate additional clinical detail (e.g. encounter type: initial, subsequent, sequela). The code is incomplete without it.
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category W05
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •This is a non-billable header code. Documentation must support a more specific child code before this diagnosis can be reported on a claim.
- •Confirm the excluded condition(s) listed above are not also present — Excludes1 conditions cannot be coded together with this one.
- •This category requires a 7th character. Documentation should clearly indicate the episode of care (initial encounter, subsequent encounter, or sequela).
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Related codes in this category
- W00Fall due to ice and snownon-billable header
- W01Fall on same level from slipping, tripping and stumblingnon-billable header
- W03Other fall on same level due to collision with another person
- W04Fall while being carried or supported by other persons
- W06Fall from bed
- W07Fall from chair
- W08Fall from other furniture
- W09Fall on and from playground equipmentnon-billable header
- W10Fall on and from stairs and stepsnon-billable header
- W11Fall on and from ladder
- W12Fall on and from scaffolding
- W13Fall from, out of or through building or structurenon-billable header
- W14Fall from tree
- W15Fall from cliff
- W16Fall, jump or diving into waternon-billable header
- W17Other fall from one level to anothernon-billable header
- W18Other slipping, tripping and stumbling and fallsnon-billable header
- W19Unspecified fall
- W05Fall from non-moving wheelchair, nonmotorized scooter and motorized mobility scooternon-billable header