V92.2
V92.2 — Drowning and submersion due to being washed overboard from watercraft
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
V92.2 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for drowning and submersion due to being washed overboard from 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
Code first
The underlying condition must be sequenced before this code.
- any associated cataclysm (X37.0-)
Risk adjustment
V92.2 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 V92.2
10 child codes. Green means billable.
- V92.20Drowning and submersion due to being washed overboard from merchant ship
- V92.21Drowning and submersion due to being washed overboard from passenger ship
- V92.22Drowning and submersion due to being washed overboard from fishing boat
- V92.23Drowning and submersion due to being washed overboard from other powered watercraft
- V92.24Drowning and submersion due to being washed overboard from sailboat
- V92.25Drowning and submersion due to being washed overboard from canoe or kayak
- V92.26Drowning and submersion due to being washed overboard from (nonpowered) inflatable craft
- V92.27Drowning and submersion due to being washed overboard from water-skis
- V92.28Drowning and submersion due to being washed overboard from other unpowered watercraft
- V92.29Drowning and submersion due to being washed overboard from unspecified watercraft
Related codes at this level
Codes that share V92. If V92.2 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about V92.2
- Is V92.2 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. V92.2 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does V92.2 sit in the tabular list?
- External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99), in the block Water transport accidents (V90-V94).