Drowning and submersion due to watercraft sinking

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 9 more specific codes instead:

V90.10 Drowning and submersion due to merchant ship sinking (also a header)
V90.11 Drowning and submersion due to passenger ship sinking (also a header)
V90.12 Drowning and submersion due to fishing boat sinking (also a header)
V90.13 Drowning and submersion due to other powered watercraft sinking (also a header)
V90.14 Drowning and submersion due to sailboat sinking (also a header)
V90.15 Drowning and submersion due to canoe or kayak sinking (also a header)
V90.16 Drowning and submersion due to (nonpowered) inflatable craft sinking (also a header)
V90.18 Drowning and submersion due to other unpowered watercraft sinking (also a header)
V90.19 Drowning and submersion due to unspecified watercraft sinking (also a header)

This code requires a seventh character. See the rule below.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Drowning and submersion due to watercraft sinking

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

Inherited from V90 Drowning and submersion due to accident to watercraft

Seventh character required

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V90

Excludes1 - never coded here

civilian water transport accident involving military watercraft (V94.81-)
fall into water not from watercraft (W16.-)
military watercraft accident in military or war operations (Y36.0-, Y37.0-)
water-transport-related drowning or submersion without accident to watercraft (V92.-)

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
V90.0	Drowning and submersion due to watercraft overturning	Not billable
V90.2	Drowning and submersion due to falling or jumping from burning watercraft	Not billable
V90.3	Drowning and submersion due to falling or jumping from crushed watercraft	Not billable
V90.8	Drowning and submersion due to other accident to watercraft	Not billable