Is W16.5 a billable code?
No. W16.5 is a header code that groups 18 more specific codes. Use one of the billable codes listed on this page instead.
ICD-10-CM FY2027 diagnosis code
W16.5: Jumping or diving into swimming pool
Header code: not billableValid for dates of service October 1, 2026 to September 30, 2027
W16.5 groups related diagnoses under jumping or diving into swimming pool. It cannot be used on a claim by itself. Choose the billable code below that matches the patient's record.
Billable codes under W16.5
- W16.511AJumping or diving into swimming pool striking water surface causing drowning and submersion, initial encounter
- W16.511DJumping or diving into swimming pool striking water surface causing drowning and submersion, subsequent encounter
- W16.511SJumping or diving into swimming pool striking water surface causing drowning and submersion, sequela
- W16.512AJumping or diving into swimming pool striking water surface causing other injury, initial encounter
- W16.512DJumping or diving into swimming pool striking water surface causing other injury, subsequent encounter
- W16.512SJumping or diving into swimming pool striking water surface causing other injury, sequela
- W16.521AJumping or diving into swimming pool striking bottom causing drowning and submersion, initial encounter
- W16.521DJumping or diving into swimming pool striking bottom causing drowning and submersion, subsequent encounter
- W16.521SJumping or diving into swimming pool striking bottom causing drowning and submersion, sequela
- W16.522AJumping or diving into swimming pool striking bottom causing other injury, initial encounter
- W16.522DJumping or diving into swimming pool striking bottom causing other injury, subsequent encounter
- W16.522SJumping or diving into swimming pool striking bottom causing other injury, sequela
- W16.531AJumping or diving into swimming pool striking wall causing drowning and submersion, initial encounter
- W16.531DJumping or diving into swimming pool striking wall causing drowning and submersion, subsequent encounter
- W16.531SJumping or diving into swimming pool striking wall causing drowning and submersion, sequela
- W16.532AJumping or diving into swimming pool striking wall causing other injury, initial encounter
- W16.532DJumping or diving into swimming pool striking wall causing other injury, subsequent encounter
- W16.532SJumping or diving into swimming pool striking wall causing other injury, sequela
Other codes in W16 Fall, jump or diving into water
- W16.0Fall into swimming poolheader
- W16.1Fall into natural body of waterheader
- W16.2Fall in (into) filled bathtub or bucket of waterheader
- W16.3Fall into other waterheader
- W16.4Fall into unspecified waterheader
- W16.6Jumping or diving into natural body of waterheader
- W16.7Jumping or diving from boatheader
- W16.8Jumping or diving into other waterheader
- W16.9Jumping or diving into unspecified waterheader
W16.5 questions
What does W16.5 mean?
W16.5 is the ICD-10-CM code for Jumping or diving into swimming pool. It is in chapter 21, External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99).
Code titles come from the official ICD-10-CM files published by the CDC National Center for Health Statistics. Always check payer rules and the clinical record before billing.