ICD-10-CM Code for Fall from stairs and steps due to ice and snow W00.1

ICD-10 code W00.1 for Fall from stairs and steps due to ice and snow is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Other external causes of accidental injury .

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Fall from stairs and steps due to ice and snow

W00

Includes: pedestrian on foot falling (slipping) on ice and snow

Excludes1: fall on (from) ice and snow involving pedestrian conveyance (V00.-)
fall from stairs and steps not due to ice and snow (W10.-)

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