Is V93.14 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

No. V93.14 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.

Where does V93.14 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 V93.14?

V93.14 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 V93.14 (V93.1, V93) and apply to it just the same.

V93.14

V93.14 — Other burn on board sailboat

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

V93.14 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other burn on board sailboat. 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 V93

A: initial encounter
D: subsequent encounter
S: sequela

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above V93.14

These are not written on V93.14, but they bind it: a note on a category applies to every code beneath it. Billing V93.14 with anything listed here is a denial.

Written on V93.1 — Other burn on board watercraft

burn due to watercraft on fire (V91.0-)

Written on V93 — Other injury due to accident on board watercraft, without accident to watercraft

civilian water transport accident involving military watercraft (V94.81-)
other injury due to accident to watercraft (V91.-)
military watercraft accident in military or war operations (Y36, Y37.-)

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above V93.14

Also inherited, and the opposite of Excludes1: these conditions are not part of V93.14, but a patient can have both, so you may code both.

Written on V93 — Other injury due to accident on board watercraft, without accident to watercraft

drowning and submersion due to accident on board watercraft, without accident to watercraft (V92.-)

Other codes that can never be billed with V93.14

These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at V93.14. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading V93.14 alone.

V91.0Burn due to watercraft on fire

Risk adjustment

V93.14 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 V93.14 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 V93.14.

Burn, burned, burning›on board watercraft›due to›specified heat source NEC on board›sailboat

Code history

V93.14 has not changed since FY2024 — no addition, revision or deletion across the three most recent ICD-10-CM releases.

Code to one of these instead V93.14

3 child codes. Green means billable.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share V93.1. If V93.14 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about V93.14

Is V93.14 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: No. V93.14 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does V93.14 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 V93.14?: V93.14 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 V93.14 (V93.1, V93) and apply to it just the same.