V94.1
V94.1 — Bather struck by watercraft
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
V94.1 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for bather struck by 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 V94
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Swimmer hit by watercraft
Risk adjustment
V94.1 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 V94.1
2 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share V94. If V94.1 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- V94.0Hitting object or bottom of body of water due to fall from watercraft
- V94.2Rider of nonpowered watercraft struck by other watercraft
- V94.3Injury to rider of (inflatable) watercraft being pulled behind other watercraft
- V94.4Injury to barefoot water-skier
- V94.8Other water transport accident
- V94.9Unspecified water transport accident
Questions about V94.1
- Is V94.1 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. V94.1 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does V94.1 sit in the tabular list?
- External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99), in the block Water transport accidents (V90-V94).