V90.88

V90.88: Drowning and submersion due to other accident to other unpowered watercraft

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

V90.88 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for drowning and submersion due to other accident to other unpowered 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 other accident to surf-board
Drowning and submersion due to other accident to windsurfer

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above V90.88

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 V90.88

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

V92.08Drowning and submersion due to fall off other unpowered watercraft
V92.08XADrowning and submersion due to fall off other unpowered watercraft, initial encounter
V92.08XDDrowning and submersion due to fall off other unpowered watercraft, subsequent encounter
V92.08XSDrowning and submersion due to fall off other unpowered watercraft, 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›specified type NEC›unpowered

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead V90.88

3 child codes. Green means billable.