V92.08

V92.08: Drowning and submersion due to fall off other unpowered watercraft

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

V92.08 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for drowning and submersion due to fall off other unpowered 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

Excludes1: never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

drowning and submersion due to fall off burning unpowered watercraft (V90.28)
drowning and submersion due to fall off crushed unpowered watercraft (V90.38)
drowning and submersion due to fall off damaged unpowered watercraft (V90.88)
drowning and submersion due to rider of nonpowered watercraft being hit by other watercraft (V94.-)
other injury due to rider of nonpowered watercraft being hit by other watercraft (V94.-)

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Drowning and submersion due to fall off surf-board
Drowning and submersion due to fall off windsurfer

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above V92.08

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on V92: Drowning and submersion due to accident on board watercraft, without accident to watercraft

civilian water transport accident involving military watercraft (V94.81-)
drowning or submersion due to accident to watercraft (V90-V91)
drowning or submersion of diver who voluntarily jumps from boat not involved in an accident (W16.711, W16.721)
fall into water without watercraft (W16.-)
military watercraft accident in military or war operations (Y36, Y37)

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above V92.08

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on V92.0: Drowning and submersion due to fall off watercraft

hitting head on object or bottom of body of water due to fall from watercraft (V94.0-)

Other codes that can never be billed with V92.08

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

V90Drowning and submersion due to accident to watercraft
V92.1Drowning and submersion due to being thrown overboard by motion of watercraft

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Drowning›due to›fall overboard›unpowered craft
Drowning›due to›fall overboard›unpowered craft›surf-board
Drowning›due to›fall overboard›unpowered craft›windsurfer

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead V92.08

3 child codes. Green means billable.