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V90.37

V90.37: Drowning and submersion due to falling or jumping from crushed water-skis

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

V90.37 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for drowning and submersion due to falling or jumping from crushed water-skis. 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

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above V90.37

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.-)

Other codes that can never be billed with V90.37

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

  • V92.07Drowning and submersion due to fall off water-skis
  • V92.07XADrowning and submersion due to fall off water-skis, initial encounter
  • V92.07XDDrowning and submersion due to fall off water-skis, subsequent encounter
  • V92.07XSDrowning and submersion due to fall off water-skis, sequela

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›crushed›unpowered›water skis

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead V90.37

3 child codes. Green means billable.

Other codes under V90.3

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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