V92.00 — Drowning and submersion due to fall off merchant ship
V92.00 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for drowning and submersion due to fall off merchant 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 V92
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Risk adjustment
V92.00 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.
How V92.00 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to V92.00.
- Drowning›due to›fall overboard›powered craft›merchant ship
Code to one of these instead V92.00
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share V92.0. If V92.00 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- 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
Questions about V92.00
- Is V92.00 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. V92.00 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does V92.00 sit in the tabular list?
- External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99), in the block Water transport accidents (V90-V94).