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V93

Other injury due to accident on board watercraft, without accident to 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 8 more specific codes instead:

  • V93.0 Burn due to localized fire on board watercraft (also a header)
  • V93.1 Other burn on board watercraft (also a header)
  • V93.2 Heat exposure on board watercraft (also a header)
  • V93.3 Fall on board watercraft (also a header)
  • V93.4 Struck by falling object on board watercraft (also a header)
  • V93.5 Explosion on board watercraft (also a header)
  • V93.6 Machinery accident on board watercraft (also a header)
  • V93.8 Other injury due to other accident on board 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.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Other injury due to accident on board watercraft, without accident to 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.

This code

Seventh character required

  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V93

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • civilian water transport accident involving military watercraft (V94.81-)
  • other injury due to accident to watercraft (V91.-)
  • military watercraft accident in military or war operations (Y36, Y37.-)

Excludes2 - not included here

  • drowning and submersion due to accident on board watercraft, without accident to watercraft (V92.-)