V91.2 — Fall due to collision between watercraft and other watercraft or other object
V91.2 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for fall due to collision between watercraft and other watercraft or other object. 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
Excludes1 — never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Fall while remaining on watercraft after collision
Notes
Additional guidance from the ICD-10-CM tabular list.
- select the specified type of watercraft that the victim was on at the time of the collision
Other codes that can never be billed with V91.2
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at V91.2. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading V91.2 alone.
- V93.3Fall on board watercraft
Risk adjustment
V91.2 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.
Code to one of these instead V91.2
8 child codes. Green means billable.
- V91.20Fall due to collision between merchant ship and other watercraft or other object
- V91.21Fall due to collision between passenger ship and other watercraft or other object
- V91.22Fall due to collision between fishing boat and other watercraft or other object
- V91.23Fall due to collision between other powered watercraft and other watercraft or other object
- V91.24Fall due to collision between sailboat and other watercraft or other object
- V91.25Fall due to collision between canoe or kayak and other watercraft or other object
- V91.26Fall due to collision between (nonpowered) inflatable craft and other watercraft or other object
- V91.29Fall due to collision between unspecified watercraft and other watercraft or other object
Related codes at this level
Codes that share V91. If V91.2 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about V91.2
- Is V91.2 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. V91.2 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does V91.2 sit in the tabular list?
- External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99), in the block Water transport accidents (V90-V94).
- What cannot be coded together with V91.2?
- V91.2 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.