V91.31: Hit or struck by falling object due to accident to passenger ship
V91.31 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for hit or struck by falling object due to accident to passenger ship. 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.
- Hit or struck by falling object due to accident to Ferry-boat
- Hit or struck by falling object due to accident to Liner
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above V91.31
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above V91.31
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Written on V91.3: Hit or struck by falling object due to accident to watercraft
Other codes that can never be billed with V91.31
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
- Accident›watercraft›causing›injury NEC›hit by falling object›powered craft›ferry boat
- Accident›watercraft›causing›injury NEC›hit by falling object›powered craft›liner
- Accident›watercraft›causing›injury NEC›hit by falling object›powered craft›passenger ship
- Struck by›object›falling›from, in, on›watercraft›due to›accident to craft›powered craft›ferry boat
- Struck by›object›falling›from, in, on›watercraft›due to›accident to craft›powered craft›liner
- Struck by›object›falling›from, in, on›watercraft›due to›accident to craft›powered craft›passenger ship
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead V91.31
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Other codes under V91.3
- V91.30Hit or struck by falling object due to accident to merchant ship
- V91.32Hit or struck by falling object due to accident to fishing boat
- V91.33Hit or struck by falling object due to accident to other powered watercraft
- V91.34Hit or struck by falling object due to accident to sailboat
- V91.35Hit or struck by falling object due to accident to canoe or kayak
- V91.36Hit or struck by falling object due to accident to (nonpowered) inflatable craft
- V91.37Hit or struck by falling object due to accident to water-skis
- V91.38Hit or struck by falling object due to accident to other unpowered watercraft
- V91.39Hit or struck by falling object due to accident to unspecified watercraft