Is W52 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

No. W52 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.

Where does W52 sit in the tabular list?

External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99), in the block Exposure to animate mechanical forces (W50-W64).

W52

W52 — Crushed, pushed or stepped on by crowd or human stampede

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

W52 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for crushed, pushed or stepped on by crowd or human stampede. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below. This code also requires a 7th character before it is complete.

This code requires a 7th character

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to code W52

A: initial encounter
D: subsequent encounter
S: sequela

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Crushed, pushed or stepped on by crowd or human stampede with or without fall

Other codes that can never be billed with W52

These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at W52. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading W52 alone.

W03Other fall on same level due to collision with another person
W03.XXXAOther fall on same level due to collision with another person, initial encounter
W03.XXXDOther fall on same level due to collision with another person, subsequent encounter
W03.XXXSOther fall on same level due to collision with another person, sequela

Risk adjustment

W52 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.

How W52 is indexed

Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to W52.

Knocked down NOS›crowd or human stampede
Twisted by person›as, or caused by, a crowd or human stampede(with fall)
Bite, bitten by›human being›as, or caused by, a crowd or human stampede(with fall)
Bite, bitten by›person›as, or caused by, a crowd or human stampede(with fall)
Bumping against, into›object NEC›caused by crowd or human stampede(with fall)
Bumping against, into›person›caused by, a crowd or human stampede(with fall)
Crushed›by›crowd or human stampede
Kicked by›person›as, or caused by, a crowd or human stampede(with fall)
Pushed, pushing›by other person›as, or caused by, a crowd or human stampede(with fall)
Scratched by›person›as, or caused by, a crowd or human stampede(with fall)
Stepped on›by›crowd or human stampede
Stepping on›person›by crowd or human stampede

Code to one of these instead W52

3 child codes. Green means billable.

Questions about W52

Is W52 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: No. W52 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does W52 sit in the tabular list?: External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99), in the block Exposure to animate mechanical forces (W50-W64).