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V94.2

Rider of nonpowered watercraft struck by other 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 2 more specific codes instead:

  • V94.21 Rider of nonpowered watercraft struck by other nonpowered watercraft (also a header)
  • V94.22 Rider of nonpowered watercraft struck by powered 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 Rider of nonpowered watercraft struck by other 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 V94 Other and unspecified water transport accidents

Seventh character required

  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V94

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • military watercraft accidents in military or war operations (Y36, Y37)

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
V94.0 Hitting object or bottom of body of water due to fall from watercraft Not billable
V94.1 Bather struck by watercraft Not billable
V94.3 Injury to rider of (inflatable) watercraft being pulled behind other watercraft Not billable
V94.4 Injury to barefoot water-skier Not billable
V94.8 Other water transport accident Not billable
V94.9 Unspecified water transport accident Not billable