V91.39

V91.39: Hit or struck by falling object due to accident to unspecified watercraft

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

V91.39 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for hit or struck by falling object due to accident to unspecified 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 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 boat NOS
Hit or struck by falling object due to accident to ship NOS
Hit or struck by falling object due to accident to watercraft NOS

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above V91.39

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

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 V91.39

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

drowning or submersion due to fall or jumping from damaged watercraft (V90.2-, V90.3-)

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 V91.39

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
Struck by›object›falling›from, in, on›watercraft›due to›accident to craft