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ICD-10-CM Code V93
Other injury due to accident on board watercraft, without accident to watercraft

NON-BILLABLE
Non-Billable Code
Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.
| ICD-10 from 2011 - 2016

ICD Code V93 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the eight child codes of V93 that describes the diagnosis 'oth injury due to acc on board wtrcrft, w/o acc to wtrcrft' in more detail.


Coding Notes for V93 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code

Code Type-1 Excludes:
Type-1 Excludes
Type-1 Excludes mean the conditions excluded are mutually exclusive and should never be coded together. Excludes 1 means "do not code here."
Civilian water transport accident involving military watercraft - instead, use code V94.81-
Other injury due to accident to watercraft - instead, use code V91.-
Military watercraft accident in military or war operations - instead, use Code Y36, Y37.-)
Code Type-2 Excludes:
Type-2 Excludes
Type-2 Excludes means the excluded conditions are different, although they may appear similar. A patient may have both conditions, but one does not include the other. Excludes 2 means "not coded here."
Drowning and submersion due to accident on board watercraft, without accident to watercraft - instead, use code V92.-
7th Character Extension Notes:

What is 7th Character Extension?

For codes less than 6 characters that require a 7th character a placeholder 'X' should be assigned for all characters less than 6. The 7th character must always be the 7th position of a code. E.g. The ICD-10-CM code T67.4 (Heat exhaustion due to salt depletion) requires an Episode of Care identifier. T67.4XXA Initial Encounter or T67.4XXD Subsequent Encounter. More Info
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category See Code V93

Related Concepts SNOMET-CT

  • Fall on ladder in water transport, occupant of small unpowered boat injured (event)
  • Fall-ladder water transport - swimmer injured (event)

Coding Advice SNOMET-CT

  • Possible requirement for place of occurrence
  • This is an external cause code for use in a secondary position

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