Version 2024

2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code W16.822

Jumping or diving into other water striking bottom causing other injury

ICD-10-CM Code:
W16.822
ICD-10 Code for:
Jump/div into oth water striking bottom causing oth injury
Is Billable?
Not Valid for Submission
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Code Classification

  • External causes of morbidity and mortality
    (V01–Y99)
    • Slipping, tripping, stumbling and falls
      (W00-W19)
      • Fall, jump or diving into water
        (W16)

W16.822 is a non-specific and non-billable diagnosis code code, consider using a code with a higher level of specificity for a diagnosis of jumping or diving into other water striking bottom causing other injury. The code is not specific and is NOT valid for the year 2024 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions. Category or Header define the heading of a category of codes that may be further subdivided by the use of 4th, 5th, 6th or 7th characters.

Specific Coding Applicable to Jump/div into oth water striking bottom causing oth injury

Non-specific codes like W16.822 require more digits to indicate the appropriate level of specificity. Consider using any of the following ICD-10-CM codes with a higher level of specificity when coding for jump/div into oth water striking bottom causing oth injury:

  • Use W16.822A for initial encounter - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use W16.822D for subsequent encounter - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use W16.822S for sequela - BILLABLE CODE

Approximate Synonyms

The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:

  • Accident caused by diving or jumping into water
  • Accident caused by diving or jumping into water
  • Hit against bottom when diving into shallow water
  • Hit against bottom when jumping into shallow water

Index of External Cause of Injuries

References found for this diagnosis code in the External Cause of Injuries Index:

    • Jumped, jumping
      • into water
        • in
          • specified place NEC
            • striking
              • bottom
    • Striking against
      • bottom when
        • diving or jumping into water (in)

Code History

  • FY 2024 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2023 through 9/30/2024
  • FY 2023 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2022 through 9/30/2023
  • FY 2022 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2021 through 9/30/2022
  • FY 2021 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2020 through 9/30/2021
  • FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020
  • FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
  • FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
  • FY 2017 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2016 through 9/30/2017
  • FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016. This was the first year ICD-10-CM was implemented into the HIPAA code set.