Accident to, on or involving ice yacht

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 3 more specific codes instead:

V98.2XXA Accident to, on or involving ice yacht, initial encounter
V98.2XXD Accident to, on or involving ice yacht, subsequent encounter
V98.2XXS Accident to, on or involving ice yacht, 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 Accident to, on or involving ice yacht

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 V98 Other specified transport accidents

Seventh character required

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V98

Inherited from the V98-V99 section Other and unspecified transport accidents (V98-V99)

Excludes1 - never coded here

vehicle accident, type of vehicle unspecified (V89.-)

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 > ice yacht
Accident > transport > ice yacht
Accident > transport > occupant > ice-yacht

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
V98.0	Accident to, on or involving cable-car, not on rails	Not billable
V98.1	Accident to, on or involving land-yacht	Not billable
V98.3	Accident to, on or involving ski lift	Not billable
V98.8	Other specified transport accidents	Not billable