V91.8
V91.8 — Other injury due to other accident to watercraft
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
V91.8 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other injury due to other accident to 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
Risk adjustment
V91.8 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 V91.8
10 child codes. Green means billable.
- V91.80Other injury due to other accident to merchant ship
- V91.81Other injury due to other accident to passenger ship
- V91.82Other injury due to other accident to fishing boat
- V91.83Other injury due to other accident to other powered watercraft
- V91.84Other injury due to other accident to sailboat
- V91.85Other injury due to other accident to canoe or kayak
- V91.86Other injury due to other accident to (nonpowered) inflatable craft
- V91.87Other injury due to other accident to water-skis
- V91.88Other injury due to other accident to other unpowered watercraft
- V91.89Other injury due to other accident to unspecified watercraft
Related codes at this level
Codes that share V91. If V91.8 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about V91.8
- Is V91.8 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. V91.8 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does V91.8 sit in the tabular list?
- External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99), in the block Water transport accidents (V90-V94).