V90.31 — Drowning and submersion due to falling or jumping from crushed passenger ship
V90.31 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for drowning and submersion due to falling or jumping from crushed passenger ship. 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 and jumping from crushed Ferry boat
- Drowning and submersion due to falling and jumping from crushed Liner
Risk adjustment
V90.31 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
How V90.31 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to V90.31.
- Drowning›due to›accident›watercraft›crushed›powered›passenger ship
Code to one of these instead V90.31
3 child codes. Green means billable.
- V90.31XADrowning and submersion due to falling or jumping from crushed passenger ship, initial encounter
- V90.31XDDrowning and submersion due to falling or jumping from crushed passenger ship, subsequent encounter
- V90.31XSDrowning and submersion due to falling or jumping from crushed passenger ship, sequela
Related codes at this level
Codes that share V90.3. If V90.31 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- V90.30Drowning and submersion due to falling or jumping from crushed merchant ship
- V90.32Drowning and submersion due to falling or jumping from crushed fishing boat
- V90.33Drowning and submersion due to falling or jumping from other crushed powered watercraft
- V90.34Drowning and submersion due to falling or jumping from crushed sailboat
- V90.35Drowning and submersion due to falling or jumping from crushed canoe or kayak
- V90.36Drowning and submersion due to falling or jumping from crushed (nonpowered) inflatable craft
- V90.37Drowning and submersion due to falling or jumping from crushed water-skis
- V90.38Drowning and submersion due to falling or jumping from other crushed unpowered watercraft
- V90.39Drowning and submersion due to falling or jumping from crushed unspecified watercraft
Questions about V90.31
- Is V90.31 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. V90.31 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does V90.31 sit in the tabular list?
- External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99), in the block Water transport accidents (V90-V94).