V92.08XS — Drowning and submersion due to fall off other unpowered watercraft, sequela
V92.08XS is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for drowning and submersion due to fall off other unpowered watercraft, sequela. It is valid for submission on a claim.
7th character "S" — sequela
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 V92.08XS
These are not written on V92.08XS, but they bind it: a note on a category applies to every code beneath it. Billing V92.08XS with anything listed here is a denial.
Written on V92.08 — Drowning and submersion due to fall off other unpowered watercraft
- 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.-)
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 V92.08XS
Also inherited, and the opposite of Excludes1: these conditions are not part of V92.08XS, but a patient can have both, so you may code both.
Other codes that can never be billed with V92.08XS
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at V92.08XS. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading V92.08XS alone.
- V90Drowning and submersion due to accident to watercraft
Risk adjustment
V92.08XS 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 history
V92.08XS has not changed since FY2024 — no addition, revision or deletion across the three most recent ICD-10-CM releases.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share V92.08. If V92.08XS is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about V92.08XS
- Is V92.08XS a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. V92.08XS is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does V92.08XS sit in the tabular list?
- External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99), in the block Water transport accidents (V90-V94).
- What cannot be coded together with V92.08XS?
- V92.08XS carries Excludes1 notes, which means the conditions they list can never be coded together with it on the same encounter. Some are written on the categories above V92.08XS (V92.08, V92) and apply to it just the same.