V91
Header — not billableOther injury due to accident to watercraft
The ICD-10 code for other injury due to accident to watercraft is V91.
V91 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 5 more specific codes below.
Clinical notes
Excludes1 (not coded here)
An Excludes1 note is a pure exclusion: the excluded condition and this code should never be reported together, because the two conditions cannot occur at the same time (e.g. a congenital form vs. an acquired form of the same disease).
Excludes2 (not included here)
An Excludes2 note means the excluded condition is not part of this one, but a patient can have both at the same time — in that case both codes may be reported together.
- drowning and submersion due to accident to watercraft (V90.-)
Includes
Terms listed here further define or give examples of the conditions grouped under this code — they describe what the code covers, not a separate diagnosis.
- any injury except drowning and submersion as a result of an accident to watercraft
7th character definitions
These definitions specify what each valid 7th-character value means for codes in this category.
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7th character note
This category requires a 7th character to indicate additional clinical detail (e.g. encounter type: initial, subsequent, sequela). The code is incomplete without it.
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V91
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •This is a non-billable header code. Documentation must support a more specific child code before this diagnosis can be reported on a claim.
- •Confirm the excluded condition(s) listed above are not also present — Excludes1 conditions cannot be coded together with this one.
- •This category requires a 7th character. Documentation should clearly indicate the episode of care (initial encounter, subsequent encounter, or sequela).
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Child codes under V91
- V91.0Burn due to watercraft on firenon-billable header
- V91.1Crushed between watercraft and other watercraft or other object due to collisionnon-billable header
- V91.2Fall due to collision between watercraft and other watercraft or other objectnon-billable header
- V91.3Hit or struck by falling object due to accident to watercraftnon-billable header
- V91.8Other injury due to other accident to watercraftnon-billable header
Related codes in this category
- V90Drowning and submersion due to accident to watercraftnon-billable header
- V92Drowning and submersion due to accident on board watercraft, without accident to watercraftnon-billable header
- V93Other injury due to accident on board watercraft, without accident to watercraftnon-billable header
- V94Other and unspecified water transport accidentsnon-billable header
- V91Other injury due to accident to watercraftnon-billable header