W16.011
Billable codeFall into swimming pool striking water surface causing drowning and submersion
The ICD-10 code for fall into swimming pool striking water surface causing drowning and submersion is W16.011.
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).
- drowning and submersion while in swimming pool without fall (W67)
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •Confirm the excluded condition(s) listed above are not also present — Excludes1 conditions cannot be coded together with this one.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Related codes in this category
- W16.012Fall into swimming pool striking water surface causing other injury
- W16.011Fall into swimming pool striking water surface causing drowning and submersion