ACCIDENTAL FALLS                             
                    BY PRIMARY DIAGNOSIS OF INJURY & POISONING (1) 
            AND ANY MENTION OF ACCIDENTAL FALLS IN SECONDARY DIAGNOSES

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             Category                                     ICD-9-CM Codes
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 All Accidental Falls.......................................E880-E886,E888-E889
 
  Falls on Same Level.......................................E885-E886
   Falls from Slipping, Tripping or Stumbling...............E885
   Same Level Falls: All Others.............................E886-E886
 
  Falls from One Level to Another...........................E880-E884
   Falls on or from Stairs or Steps.........................E880
   Falls on or from Ladders or Scaffolding..................E881
   Falls on or out of Building or Other Structure...........E882
   Falls into Hole or other Opeining in Surface.............E883
   Other Fall from One Level to Another.....................E884

  Others & Unspecified Falls................................E889

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 (1) ICD-9-CM codes: 800-909.2, 909.4, 909.9, 910-994.9, 995.50-995.59, 995.80-995.85


 Source: Injury Surveillance Workgroup, Consensus Recommendations for Using, Hospital Discharge
         Data for Injury Surveillance, Marietta (GA): State and Territorial Injury Prevention
         Directors Association, 2003.

         ICD-9-CM For Hospitals - Volumes 1, 2, & 3., Optum, 2013.


 Last Updated: 05/04/2015