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V91.21XA

V91.21XA: Fall due to collision between passenger ship and other watercraft or other object, initial encounter

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

V91.21XA is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for fall due to collision between passenger ship and other watercraft or other object, initial encounter. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check V91.21XA with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

7th character "A": initial encounter

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.

  • Fall due to collision between Ferry-boat and other watercraft or other object
  • Fall due to collision between Liner and other watercraft or other object

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above V91.21XA

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on V91.2: Fall due to collision between watercraft and other watercraft or other object

  • crushed between watercraft and other watercraft and other object due to collision (V91.1-)
  • drowning and submersion due to falling from crushed watercraft (V90.3-)

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 V91.21XA

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 V91.21XA

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.

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under V91.21

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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