Is V93.81 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

No. V93.81 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.

Where does V93.81 sit in the tabular list?

External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99), in the block Water transport accidents (V90-V94).

V93.81

V93.81 — Other injury due to other accident on board passenger ship

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

V93.81 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other injury due to other accident on board passenger ship. 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

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Other injury due to other accident on board Ferry-boat
Other injury due to other accident on board Liner

Risk adjustment

V93.81 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 V93.81 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 V93.81.

Accident›on board watercraft›powered craft›ferry boat
Accident›on board watercraft›powered craft›liner
Accident›on board watercraft›powered craft›passenger ship
Poisoning›carbon monoxide›generated by›watercraft›ferry boat
Poisoning›carbon monoxide›generated by›watercraft›liner
Poisoning›carbon monoxide›generated by›watercraft›passenger ship
Poisoning›exhaust gas›generated by›watercraft›ferry boat
Poisoning›exhaust gas›generated by›watercraft›liner
Poisoning›exhaust gas›generated by›watercraft›passenger ship

Code to one of these instead V93.81

3 child codes. Green means billable.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share V93.8. If V93.81 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about V93.81

Is V93.81 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: No. V93.81 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does V93.81 sit in the tabular list?: External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99), in the block Water transport accidents (V90-V94).