V92.19: Drowning and submersion due to being thrown overboard by motion of unspecified watercraft
V92.19 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for drowning and submersion due to being thrown overboard by motion of unspecified 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
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Drowning and submersion due to being thrown overboard by motion of boat NOS
- Drowning and submersion due to being thrown overboard by motion of ship NOS
- Drowning and submersion due to being thrown overboard by motion of watercraft NOS
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above V92.19
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Written on V92.1: Drowning and submersion due to being thrown overboard by motion of watercraft
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)
Other codes that can never be billed with V92.19
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- V90Drowning and submersion due to accident to 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›resulting from›motion of watercraft
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead V92.19
3 child codes. Green means billable.
- V92.19XADrowning and submersion due to being thrown overboard by motion of unspecified watercraft, initial encounter
- V92.19XDDrowning and submersion due to being thrown overboard by motion of unspecified watercraft, subsequent encounter
- V92.19XSDrowning and submersion due to being thrown overboard by motion of unspecified watercraft, sequela
Other codes under V92.1
- V92.10Drowning and submersion due to being thrown overboard by motion of merchant ship
- V92.11Drowning and submersion due to being thrown overboard by motion of passenger ship
- V92.12Drowning and submersion due to being thrown overboard by motion of fishing boat
- V92.13Drowning and submersion due to being thrown overboard by motion of other powered watercraft
- V92.14Drowning and submersion due to being thrown overboard by motion of sailboat
- V92.15Drowning and submersion due to being thrown overboard by motion of canoe or kayak
- V92.16Drowning and submersion due to being thrown overboard by motion of (nonpowered) inflatable craft