Is V94.2 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

No. V94.2 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.

Where does V94.2 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 V94.2?

V94.2 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 V94.2 (V94) and apply to it just the same.

V94.2

V94.2 — Rider of nonpowered watercraft struck by other watercraft

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

V94.2 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for rider of nonpowered watercraft struck by other 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

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above V94.2

These are not written on V94.2, but they bind it: a note on a category applies to every code beneath it. Billing V94.2 with anything listed here is a denial.

Written on V94 — Other and unspecified water transport accidents

military watercraft accidents in military or war operations (Y36, Y37)

Other codes that can never be billed with V94.2

These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at V94.2. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading V94.2 alone.

V92.07Drowning and submersion due to fall off water-skis
V92.07XADrowning and submersion due to fall off water-skis, initial encounter
V92.07XDDrowning and submersion due to fall off water-skis, subsequent encounter
V92.07XSDrowning and submersion due to fall off water-skis, sequela
V92.08Drowning and submersion due to fall off other unpowered watercraft
V92.08XADrowning and submersion due to fall off other unpowered watercraft, initial encounter
V92.08XDDrowning and submersion due to fall off other unpowered watercraft, subsequent encounter
V92.08XSDrowning and submersion due to fall off other unpowered watercraft, sequela

Risk adjustment

V94.2 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 history

V94.2 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 V94.2

2 child codes. Green means billable.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share V94. If V94.2 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about V94.2

Is V94.2 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: No. V94.2 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does V94.2 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 V94.2?: V94.2 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 V94.2 (V94) and apply to it just the same.