V91.09

V91.09: Burn due to unspecified watercraft on fire

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

V91.09 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for burn due to unspecified watercraft on fire. 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 V91

A: initial encounter
D: subsequent encounter
S: sequela

Inclusion terms

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

Burn due to boat NOS on fire
Burn due to ship NOS on fire
Burn due to watercraft NOS on fire

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above V91.09

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on V91.0: Burn due to watercraft on fire

burn from localized fire or explosion on board ship without accident to watercraft (V93.-)

Written on V91: Other injury due to accident to watercraft

civilian water transport accident involving military watercraft (V94.81-)
military watercraft accident in military or war operations (Y36, Y37.-)

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above V91.09

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on V91: Other injury due to accident to watercraft

drowning and submersion due to accident to watercraft (V90.-)

Other codes that can never be billed with V91.09

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

V93Other injury due to accident on board watercraft, without accident to watercraft

Risk adjustment

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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Burn, burned, burning›on board watercraft›due to›accident to watercraft
Exposure›fire, flames›in, of, on, starting in›watercraft(in transit) (not in transit)
Accident›watercraft›causing›injury NEC›fire on board causing burn