Intentional self-harm by drowning and submersion

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 6 more specific codes instead:

X71.0 Intentional self-harm by drowning and submersion while in bathtub (also a header)
X71.1 Intentional self-harm by drowning and submersion while in swimming pool (also a header)
X71.2 Intentional self-harm by drowning and submersion after jump into swimming pool (also a header)
X71.3 Intentional self-harm by drowning and submersion in natural water (also a header)
X71.8 Other intentional self-harm by drowning and submersion (also a header)
X71.9 Intentional self-harm by drowning and submersion, unspecified (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.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Intentional self-harm by drowning and submersion

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.

This code

Seventh character required

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category X71

Inherited from the X71-X83 section Intentional self-harm (X71-X83)

Also known as

Purposely self-inflicted injury
Suicide (attempted)