V93.32 — Fall on board fishing boat
V93.32 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for fall on board fishing boat. 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
Risk adjustment
V93.32 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 V93.32 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 V93.32.
- Fall, falling›in, on›watercraft›powered craft›fishing boat
Code to one of these instead V93.32
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share V93.3. If V93.32 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- V93.30Fall on board merchant ship
- V93.31Fall on board passenger ship
- 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
Questions about V93.32
- Is V93.32 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. V93.32 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does V93.32 sit in the tabular list?
- External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99), in the block Water transport accidents (V90-V94).