W16.1
ICD-10Non-billable categoryFall into natural body of water
Official ICD-10-CM descriptor (FY2026)
Fall into natural body of water
W16.1 is a category heading, not a billable code. CMS does not accept it on a claim; report one of the more specific codes beneath it.
Inclusion terms
- Fall into lake
- Fall into open sea
- Fall into river
- Fall into stream
ICD-10-CM FY2026 defines 3 codes beneath W16.1. See the ICD-10-CM index for what this site publishes.
Related codes in W16
- W16.0Fall into swimming poolcategory
- W16.2Fall in (into) filled bathtub or bucket of watercategory
- W16.3Fall into other watercategory
- W16.4Fall into unspecified watercategory
- W16.5Jumping or diving into swimming poolcategory
- W16.6Jumping or diving into natural body of watercategory
- W16.7Jumping or diving from boatcategory
- W16.8Jumping or diving into other watercategory
- W16.9Jumping or diving into unspecified watercategory
Where this code sits
- Parent code
- W16
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ICD-10-CM FY2026. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) / National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), “2026 ICD-10-CM Code Descriptions in Tabular Order” (icd10cm_order_2026.txt). Download the original file from cms.gov. Public domain (US Government work). Descriptors, billable flags and instructional notes on this page are reproduced from that file without modification. Krasyn adds no clinical guidance.