Added std::conditional_t<(BITS <= 16), bitset_detail::IntBitSet<uint16_t>, ...  and removed the I(), wrote unit test in bc36241f5a0a23d16645155eb819e94b0db2813e, and it indeed proves you are correct. Right now it cannot occur since IntBitSet<uint32_t> is the smallest we go, but better not to leave loaded footguns lying around.
 0$ src/test/test_bitcoin -t bitset_tests
 1...
 2Running 1 test case...
 3test/bitset_tests.cpp(18): error: in "bitset_tests/bitset_test_15": check std::popcount(sim) == set.Count() has failed [1 != 16]
 4test/bitset_tests.cpp(18): error: in "bitset_tests/bitset_test_15": check std::popcount(sim) == set.Count() has failed [2 != 16]
 5test/bitset_tests.cpp(18): error: in "bitset_tests/bitset_test_15": check std::popcount(sim) == set.Count() has failed [3 != 16]
 6test/bitset_tests.cpp(18): error: in "bitset_tests/bitset_test_15": check std::popcount(sim) == set.Count() has failed [4 != 16]
 7test/bitset_tests.cpp(18): error: in "bitset_tests/bitset_test_15": check std::popcount(sim) == set.Count() has failed [5 != 16]
 8test/bitset_tests.cpp(18): error: in "bitset_tests/bitset_test_15": check std::popcount(sim) == set.Count() has failed [6 != 16]
 9test/bitset_tests.cpp(18): error: in "bitset_tests/bitset_test_15": check std::popcount(sim) == set.Count() has failed [7 != 16]
10test/bitset_tests.cpp(18): error: in "bitset_tests/bitset_test_15": check std::popcount(sim) == set.Count() has failed [8 != 16]
11test/bitset_tests.cpp(18): error: in "bitset_tests/bitset_test_15": check std::popcount(sim) == set.Count() has failed [9 != 16]
12test/bitset_tests.cpp(18): error: in "bitset_tests/bitset_test_15": check std::popcount(sim) == set.Count() has failed [10 != 16]
13test/bitset_tests.cpp(18): error: in "bitset_tests/bitset_test_15": check std::popcount(sim) == set.Count() has failed [11 != 16]
14test/bitset_tests.cpp(18): error: in "bitset_tests/bitset_test_15": check std::popcount(sim) == set.Count() has failed [12 != 16]
15test/bitset_tests.cpp(18): error: in "bitset_tests/bitset_test_15": check std::popcount(sim) == set.Count() has failed [13 != 16]
16test/bitset_tests.cpp(18): error: in "bitset_tests/bitset_test_15": check std::popcount(sim) == set.Count() has failed [14 != 16]
17test/bitset_tests.cpp(18): error: in "bitset_tests/bitset_test_15": check std::popcount(sim) == set.Count() has failed [15 != 16]