W74
W74: Unspecified cause of accidental drowning and submersion
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
W74 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for unspecified cause of accidental drowning and submersion. 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 code W74
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Drowning NOS
Other codes that can never be billed with W74
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- W16Fall, jump or diving into water
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Drowning(accidental)
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead W74
3 child codes. Green means billable.