ICD-10-CM › V00-Y99 › W65-W74 › W73 Other specified cause of... › W73.XXXA
Other specified cause of accidental non-transport drowning and submersion, 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 Other specified cause of accidental non-transport drowning and submersion, 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 W73 Other specified cause of accidental non-transport drowning and submersion
Seventh character required
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to code W73
Excludes1 - never coded here
- accidental drowning and submersion due to fall into other water (W16.311, W16.321, W16.331)
Also known as
- Accidental drowning and submersion while in quenching tank
- Accidental drowning and submersion while in reservoir
Inherited from the W65-W74 section Accidental non-transport drowning and submersion (W65-W74)
Excludes1 - never coded here
- accidental drowning and submersion due to fall into water (W16.-)
- accidental drowning and submersion due to water transport accident (V90.-, V92.-)
Excludes2 - not included here
- accidental drowning and submersion due to cataclysm (X34-X39)
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.
- Diving
- Immersion
- Submersion
- Hitting against
- Drowning > in > quarry
- Drowning > in > reservoir
- Drowning > in > quenching tank
- Accident > diving > with > drowning or submersion
- Striking against > wall > falling into water > fountain
- Striking against > wall > falling into water > reservoir
- Striking against > object > with > drowning or submersion
- Accident > transport > occupant > watercraft NOS > causing drowning
- Drowning > in > specified place NEC
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| W73.XXXD | Other specified cause of accidental non-transport drowning and submersion, subsequent encounter | Valid |
| W73.XXXS | Other specified cause of accidental non-transport drowning and submersion, sequela | Valid |