ICD-10-CM · Chapter 20 · V00-Y99
W16 Fall, jump or diving into water
Excludes 1 (cannot be coded together)
- accidental non-watercraft drowning and submersion not involving fall (W65-W74)
- effects of air pressure from diving (W94.-)
- fall into water from watercraft (V90-V94)
- hitting an object or against bottom when falling from watercraft (V94.0)
Excludes 2 (not included here)
- striking or hitting diving board (W21.4)
Subcodes
Subcodes are listed below for reference. Detail pages are not available for chapters 11–22.
| Code | Description | Billable |
|---|---|---|
| W16..0 | Fall into swimming pool | No |
| W16..01 | Fall into swimming pool striking water surface | No |
| W16..011 | Fall into swimming pool striking water surface causing drowning and submersion | No |
| W16..012 | Fall into swimming pool striking water surface causing other injury | No |
| W16..02 | Fall into swimming pool striking bottom | No |
| W16..021 | Fall into swimming pool striking bottom causing drowning and submersion | No |
| W16..022 | Fall into swimming pool striking bottom causing other injury | No |
| W16..03 | Fall into swimming pool striking wall | No |
| W16..031 | Fall into swimming pool striking wall causing drowning and submersion | No |
| W16..032 | Fall into swimming pool striking wall causing other injury | No |
| W16..1 | Fall into natural body of water | No |
| W16..11 | Fall into natural body of water striking water surface | No |
| W16..111 | Fall into natural body of water striking water surface causing drowning and submersion | No |
| W16..112 | Fall into natural body of water striking water surface causing other injury | No |
| W16..12 | Fall into natural body of water striking bottom | No |
| W16..121 | Fall into natural body of water striking bottom causing drowning and submersion | No |
| W16..122 | Fall into natural body of water striking bottom causing other injury | No |
| W16..13 | Fall into natural body of water striking side | No |
| W16..131 | Fall into natural body of water striking side causing drowning and submersion | No |
| W16..132 | Fall into natural body of water striking side causing other injury | No |
| W16..2 | Fall in (into) filled bathtub or bucket of water | No |
| W16..21 | Fall in (into) filled bathtub | No |
| W16..211 | Fall in (into) filled bathtub causing drowning and submersion | No |
| W16..212 | Fall in (into) filled bathtub causing other injury | No |
| W16..22 | Fall in (into) bucket of water | No |
| W16..221 | Fall in (into) bucket of water causing drowning and submersion | No |
| W16..222 | Fall in (into) bucket of water causing other injury | No |
| W16..3 | Fall into other water | No |
| W16..31 | Fall into other water striking water surface | No |
| W16..311 | Fall into other water striking water surface causing drowning and submersion | No |
| W16..312 | Fall into other water striking water surface causing other injury | No |
| W16..32 | Fall into other water striking bottom | No |
| W16..321 | Fall into other water striking bottom causing drowning and submersion | No |
| W16..322 | Fall into other water striking bottom causing other injury | No |
| W16..33 | Fall into other water striking wall | No |
| W16..331 | Fall into other water striking wall causing drowning and submersion | No |
| W16..332 | Fall into other water striking wall causing other injury | No |
| W16..4 | Fall into unspecified water | No |
| W16..41 | Fall into unspecified water causing drowning and submersion | No |
| W16..42 | Fall into unspecified water causing other injury | No |
| W16..5 | Jumping or diving into swimming pool | No |
| W16..51 | Jumping or diving into swimming pool striking water surface | No |
| W16..511 | Jumping or diving into swimming pool striking water surface causing drowning and submersion | No |
| W16..512 | Jumping or diving into swimming pool striking water surface causing other injury | No |
| W16..52 | Jumping or diving into swimming pool striking bottom | No |
| W16..521 | Jumping or diving into swimming pool striking bottom causing drowning and submersion | No |
| W16..522 | Jumping or diving into swimming pool striking bottom causing other injury | No |
| W16..53 | Jumping or diving into swimming pool striking wall | No |
| W16..531 | Jumping or diving into swimming pool striking wall causing drowning and submersion | No |
| W16..532 | Jumping or diving into swimming pool striking wall causing other injury | No |
| W16..6 | Jumping or diving into natural body of water | No |
| W16..61 | Jumping or diving into natural body of water striking water surface | No |
| W16..611 | Jumping or diving into natural body of water striking water surface causing drowning and submersion | No |
| W16..612 | Jumping or diving into natural body of water striking water surface causing other injury | No |
| W16..62 | Jumping or diving into natural body of water striking bottom | No |
| W16..621 | Jumping or diving into natural body of water striking bottom causing drowning and submersion | No |
| W16..622 | Jumping or diving into natural body of water striking bottom causing other injury | No |
| W16..7 | Jumping or diving from boat | No |
| W16..71 | Jumping or diving from boat striking water surface | No |
| W16..711 | Jumping or diving from boat striking water surface causing drowning and submersion | No |
| W16..712 | Jumping or diving from boat striking water surface causing other injury | No |
| W16..72 | Jumping or diving from boat striking bottom | No |
| W16..721 | Jumping or diving from boat striking bottom causing drowning and submersion | No |
| W16..722 | Jumping or diving from boat striking bottom causing other injury | No |
| W16..8 | Jumping or diving into other water | No |
| W16..81 | Jumping or diving into other water striking water surface | No |
| W16..811 | Jumping or diving into other water striking water surface causing drowning and submersion | No |
| W16..812 | Jumping or diving into other water striking water surface causing other injury | No |
| W16..82 | Jumping or diving into other water striking bottom | No |
| W16..821 | Jumping or diving into other water striking bottom causing drowning and submersion | No |
| W16..822 | Jumping or diving into other water striking bottom causing other injury | No |
| W16..83 | Jumping or diving into other water striking wall | No |
| W16..831 | Jumping or diving into other water striking wall causing drowning and submersion | No |
| W16..832 | Jumping or diving into other water striking wall causing other injury | No |
| W16..9 | Jumping or diving into unspecified water | No |
| W16..91 | Jumping or diving into unspecified water causing drowning and submersion | No |
| W16..92 | Jumping or diving into unspecified water causing other injury | No |
Last reviewed: September 2026