ICD-10-CM › V00-Y99 › V90-V94 › V92.2 Drowning and submersion due to... › V92.20
Drowning and submersion due to being washed overboard from merchant ship
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:
- V92.20XA Drowning and submersion due to being washed overboard from merchant ship, initial encounter
- V92.20XD Drowning and submersion due to being washed overboard from merchant ship, subsequent encounter
- V92.20XS Drowning and submersion due to being washed overboard from merchant ship, 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 being washed overboard from merchant ship
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)
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
- Accident > diving
- Sinking > watercraft
- Accident > boat, boating
- Overturning > watercraft
- Fall, falling > into > lake
- Fall, falling > into > pond
- Fall, falling > into > ocean
- Fall, falling > into > river
- Fall, falling > into > stream
- 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 > fall overboard > resulting from > being washed overboard > powered craft > merchant ship
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| V92.21 | Drowning and submersion due to being washed overboard from passenger ship | Not billable |
| V92.22 | Drowning and submersion due to being washed overboard from fishing boat | Not billable |
| V92.23 | Drowning and submersion due to being washed overboard from other powered watercraft | Not billable |
| V92.24 | Drowning and submersion due to being washed overboard from sailboat | Not billable |
| V92.25 | Drowning and submersion due to being washed overboard from canoe or kayak | Not billable |
| V92.26 | Drowning and submersion due to being washed overboard from (nonpowered) inflatable craft | Not billable |
| V92.27 | Drowning and submersion due to being washed overboard from water-skis | Not billable |
| V92.28 | Drowning and submersion due to being washed overboard from other unpowered watercraft | Not billable |
| V92.29 | Drowning and submersion due to being washed overboard from unspecified watercraft | Not billable |