V92
Drowning and submersion due to accident on board watercraft, without accident to watercraft
Non-billableCategory
Chapter: 20. External causes of morbidity
Section: V90-V94 - Water transport accidents
7th Character Required
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V92
A - initial encounter
D - subsequent encounter
S - sequela
Coding Guidelines
Excludes1 (Mutually Exclusive)
These codes should never be used together with V92
- civilian water transport accident involving military watercraft (V94.81-)
- V90.-V91 - drowning or submersion due to accident to watercraft (V90-V91)
- drowning or submersion of diver who voluntarily jumps from boat not involved in an accident (W16.711, W16.721)
- fall into water without watercraft (W16.-)
- military watercraft accident in military or war operations (Y36, Y37)
