ICD-10-CM › V00-Y99 › V90-V94 › V94.31 Injury to rider of (inflatable)... › V94.31XA
Injury to rider of (inflatable) recreational watercraft being pulled behind other watercraft, initial encounter
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2007 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.
- FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Injury to rider of (inflatable) recreational watercraft being pulled behind other watercraft, initial encounter
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)
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.
- Accident > on board watercraft > unpowered craft > inflatable > in tow > recreational
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| V94.31XD | Injury to rider of (inflatable) recreational watercraft being pulled behind other watercraft, subsequent encounter | Valid |
| V94.31XS | Injury to rider of (inflatable) recreational watercraft being pulled behind other watercraft, sequela | Valid |