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W16.021 - Fall into swimming pool striking bottom causing drowning and submersion


The ICD 10 Code for Fall into swimming pool striking bottom causing drowning and submersion is listed as W16.021.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 9 crosswalks / GEMS, chapter information, and DRGs where available.

ICD 10 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: W16.021
Description: Fall into swimming pool striking bottom causing drowning and submersion
  • Excludes1: drowning and submersion while in swimming pool without fall (W67)
Chapter External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99)
Block Accidents (V00-X58)
Parent W16.02 - Fall into swimming pool striking bottom
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of W16.021:
W16.022 - Fall into swimming pool striking bottom causing other injury