ICD-10-CM › V00-Y99 › V90-V94 › V90.3 Drowning and submersion due to... › V90.38
Drowning and submersion due to falling or jumping from other crushed unpowered watercraft
Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.
Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:
- V90.38XA Drowning and submersion due to falling or jumping from other crushed unpowered watercraft, initial encounter
- V90.38XD Drowning and submersion due to falling or jumping from other crushed unpowered watercraft, subsequent encounter
- V90.38XS Drowning and submersion due to falling or jumping from other crushed unpowered watercraft, sequela
This code requires a seventh character. See the rule below.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2014 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.
- FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Drowning and submersion due to falling or jumping from other crushed unpowered watercraft
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.-)
How CDC's index refers to this code
Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.
- Diving
- Immersion
- Submersion
- Hitting against
- Lost at sea NOS
- Sinking > watercraft
- Accident > boat, boating
- Overturning > watercraft
- Accident > transport > occupant > boat NEC
- Accident > transport > watercraft occupant
- Accident > watercraft > causing > drowning
- Drowning > following > fall > overboard NEC
- Fall, falling > from, off, out of > watercraft
- Fall, falling > into > water > from watercraft
- Drowning > resulting from accident to watercraft
- Accident > diving > with > drowning or submersion
- Drowning > due to > jumping into water from watercraft
- Striking against > wall > falling into water > fountain
- Striking against > wall > falling into water > reservoir
- Striking against > object > with > drowning or submersion
- Jumped, jumping > from > boat > with > accident to or on boat
- Fall, falling > from, off, out of > boat, ship, watercraft NEC
- Accident > transport > occupant > watercraft NOS > causing drowning
- Drowning > due to > fall overboard > resulting from > accident to watercraft
- Drowning > due to > accident > watercraft > crushed > unpowered
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| V90.30 | Drowning and submersion due to falling or jumping from crushed merchant ship | Not billable |
| V90.31 | Drowning and submersion due to falling or jumping from crushed passenger ship | Not billable |
| V90.32 | Drowning and submersion due to falling or jumping from crushed fishing boat | Not billable |
| V90.33 | Drowning and submersion due to falling or jumping from other crushed powered watercraft | Not billable |
| V90.34 | Drowning and submersion due to falling or jumping from crushed sailboat | Not billable |
| V90.35 | Drowning and submersion due to falling or jumping from crushed canoe or kayak | Not billable |
| V90.36 | Drowning and submersion due to falling or jumping from crushed (nonpowered) inflatable craft | Not billable |
| V90.37 | Drowning and submersion due to falling or jumping from crushed water-skis | Not billable |
| V90.39 | Drowning and submersion due to falling or jumping from crushed unspecified watercraft | Not billable |