Drowning and submersion due to being washed overboard from 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.

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

Submit one of these 10 more specific codes instead:

V92.20 Drowning and submersion due to being washed overboard from merchant ship (also a header)
V92.21 Drowning and submersion due to being washed overboard from passenger ship (also a header)
V92.22 Drowning and submersion due to being washed overboard from fishing boat (also a header)
V92.23 Drowning and submersion due to being washed overboard from other powered watercraft (also a header)
V92.24 Drowning and submersion due to being washed overboard from sailboat (also a header)
V92.25 Drowning and submersion due to being washed overboard from canoe or kayak (also a header)
V92.26 Drowning and submersion due to being washed overboard from (nonpowered) inflatable craft (also a header)
V92.27 Drowning and submersion due to being washed overboard from water-skis (also a header)
V92.28 Drowning and submersion due to being washed overboard from other unpowered watercraft (also a header)
V92.29 Drowning and submersion due to being washed overboard from unspecified watercraft (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 being washed overboard from 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 V92 Drowning and submersion due to accident on board watercraft, without accident to watercraft

Seventh character required

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V92

Excludes1 - never coded here

civilian water transport accident involving military watercraft (V94.81-)
drowning or submersion due to accident to watercraft (V90-V91)
drowning or submersion of diver who voluntarily jumps from boat not involved in an accident (W16.711, W16.721)
fall into water without watercraft (W16.-)
military watercraft accident in military or war operations (Y36, Y37)

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
V92.0	Drowning and submersion due to fall off watercraft	Not billable
V92.1	Drowning and submersion due to being thrown overboard by motion of watercraft	Not billable