ICD-10-CM › V00-Y99 › V90-V94 › V94 Other and unspecified water... › V94.4

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 3 more specific codes instead:

• V94.4XXA Injury to barefoot water-skier, initial encounter
• V94.4XXD Injury to barefoot water-skier, subsequent encounter
• V94.4XXS Injury to barefoot water-skier, sequela

This code requires a seventh character. See the rule below.

What has happened to this code

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 > barefoot water skier

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
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
V94.2	Rider of nonpowered watercraft struck by other watercraft	Not billable
V94.3	Injury to rider of (inflatable) watercraft being pulled behind other watercraft	Not billable
V94.8	Other water transport accident	Not billable
V94.9	Unspecified water transport accident	Not billable