V93.3
V93.3 — Fall on board watercraft
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
V93.3 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for fall on board 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 V93
- 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.
- fall due to collision of watercraft (V91.2-)
Risk adjustment
V93.3 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 V93.3
9 child codes. Green means billable.
- V93.30Fall on board merchant ship
- V93.31Fall on board passenger ship
- V93.32Fall on board fishing boat
- V93.33Fall on board other powered watercraft
- V93.34Fall on board sailboat
- V93.35Fall on board canoe or kayak
- V93.36Fall on board (nonpowered) inflatable craft
- V93.38Fall on board other unpowered watercraft
- V93.39Fall on board unspecified watercraft
Related codes at this level
Codes that share V93. If V93.3 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- V93.0Burn due to localized fire on board watercraft
- V93.1Other burn on board watercraft
- V93.2Heat exposure on board watercraft
- V93.4Struck by falling object on board watercraft
- V93.5Explosion on board watercraft
- V93.6Machinery accident on board watercraft
- V93.8Other injury due to other accident on board watercraft
Questions about V93.3
- Is V93.3 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. V93.3 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does V93.3 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 V93.3?
- V93.3 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.