X92
X92 — Assault by drowning and submersion
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
X92 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for assault by 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 each code from category X92
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Other codes that can never be billed with X92
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at X92. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading X92 alone.
- Y04Assault by bodily force
Risk adjustment
X92 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 X92
6 child codes. Green means billable.
- X92.0Assault by drowning and submersion while in bathtub
- X92.1Assault by drowning and submersion while in swimming pool
- X92.2Assault by drowning and submersion after push into swimming pool
- X92.3Assault by drowning and submersion in natural water
- X92.8Other assault by drowning and submersion
- X92.9Assault by drowning and submersion, unspecified
Questions about X92
- Is X92 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. X92 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does X92 sit in the tabular list?
- External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99), in the block Assault (X92-Y09).