V92.0 — Drowning and submersion due to fall off watercraft
V92.0 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for drowning and submersion due to fall off 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 V92
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Excludes2 — not included here, but may coexist
The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.
- hitting head on object or bottom of body of water due to fall from watercraft (V94.0-)
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Drowning and submersion due to fall from gangplank of watercraft
- Drowning and submersion due to fall overboard watercraft
Other codes that can never be billed with V92.0
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at V92.0. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading V92.0 alone.
- V92.1Drowning and submersion due to being thrown overboard by motion of watercraft
- V92.27Drowning and submersion due to being washed overboard from water-skis
- V92.27XADrowning and submersion due to being washed overboard from water-skis, initial encounter
- V92.27XDDrowning and submersion due to being washed overboard from water-skis, subsequent encounter
- V92.27XSDrowning and submersion due to being washed overboard from water-skis, sequela
Risk adjustment
V92.0 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 V92.0
10 child codes. Green means billable.
- V92.00Drowning and submersion due to fall off merchant ship
- V92.01Drowning and submersion due to fall off passenger ship
- V92.02Drowning and submersion due to fall off fishing boat
- V92.03Drowning and submersion due to fall off other powered watercraft
- V92.04Drowning and submersion due to fall off sailboat
- V92.05Drowning and submersion due to fall off canoe or kayak
- V92.06Drowning and submersion due to fall off (nonpowered) inflatable craft
- V92.07Drowning and submersion due to fall off water-skis
- V92.08Drowning and submersion due to fall off other unpowered watercraft
- V92.09Drowning and submersion due to fall off unspecified watercraft
Related codes at this level
Codes that share V92. If V92.0 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about V92.0
- Is V92.0 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. V92.0 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does V92.0 sit in the tabular list?
- External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99), in the block Water transport accidents (V90-V94).