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V91.85

Other injury due to other accident to canoe or kayak

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 3 more specific codes instead:

  • V91.85XA Other injury due to other accident to canoe or kayak, initial encounter
  • V91.85XD Other injury due to other accident to canoe or kayak, subsequent encounter
  • V91.85XS Other injury due to other accident to canoe or kayak, 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.

  1. FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Other injury due to other accident to canoe or kayak

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 V91 Other injury due to accident to watercraft

Seventh character required

  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V91

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • civilian water transport accident involving military watercraft (V94.81-)
  • military watercraft accident in military or war operations (Y36, Y37.-)

Excludes2 - not included here

  • drowning and submersion due to accident to watercraft (V90.-)

Includes

  • any injury except drowning and submersion as a result of an accident to watercraft

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.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
V91.80 Other injury due to other accident to merchant ship Not billable
V91.81 Other injury due to other accident to passenger ship Not billable
V91.82 Other injury due to other accident to fishing boat Not billable
V91.83 Other injury due to other accident to other powered watercraft Not billable
V91.84 Other injury due to other accident to sailboat Not billable
V91.86 Other injury due to other accident to (nonpowered) inflatable craft Not billable
V91.87 Other injury due to other accident to water-skis Not billable
V91.88 Other injury due to other accident to other unpowered watercraft Not billable
V91.89 Other injury due to other accident to unspecified watercraft Not billable