Y92.23

Y92.23: Hospital as the place of occurrence of the external cause

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

Y92.23 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for hospital as the place of occurrence of the external cause. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1: never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

ambulatory (outpatient) health services establishments (Y92.53-)
home for the sick as the place of occurrence of the external cause (Y92.12-)
hospice as the place of occurrence of the external cause (Y92.12-)
nursing home as the place of occurrence of the external cause (Y92.12-)

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Y92.23

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on Y92.2: School, other institution and public administrative area as the place of occurrence of the external cause

building under construction as the place of occurrence of the external cause (Y92.6)
residential institution as the place of occurrence of the external cause (Y92.1)
school dormitory as the place of occurrence of the external cause (Y92.16-)
sports and athletics area of schools as the place of occurrence of the external cause (Y92.3-)

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead Y92.23

7 child codes. Green means billable.