V90.29

V90.29: Drowning and submersion due to falling or jumping from unspecified burning watercraft

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

V90.29 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for drowning and submersion due to falling or jumping from unspecified burning watercraft. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below. This code also requires a 7th character before it is complete.

This code requires a 7th character

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V90

A: initial encounter
D: subsequent encounter
S: sequela

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Drowning and submersion due to falling or jumping from burning boat NOS
Drowning and submersion due to falling or jumping from burning ship NOS
Drowning and submersion due to falling or jumping from burning watercraft NOS

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above V90.29

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on V90: Drowning and submersion due to accident to watercraft

civilian water transport accident involving military watercraft (V94.81-)
fall into water not from watercraft (W16.-)
military watercraft accident in military or war operations (Y36.0-, Y37.0-)
water-transport-related drowning or submersion without accident to watercraft (V92.-)

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Drowning›due to›accident›watercraft›burning

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead V90.29

3 child codes. Green means billable.