V93.0
Header — not billableBurn due to localized fire on board watercraft
The ICD-10 code for burn due to localized fire on board watercraft is V93.0.
V93.0 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 6 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).
- burn due to watercraft on fire (V91.0-)
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.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Child codes under V93.0
- V93.00Burn due to localized fire on board merchant vessel
- V93.01Burn due to localized fire on board passenger vessel
- V93.02Burn due to localized fire on board fishing boat
- V93.03Burn due to localized fire on board other powered watercraft
- V93.04Burn due to localized fire on board sailboat
- V93.09Burn due to localized fire on board unspecified watercraft
Related codes in this category
- V93.1Other burn on board watercraftnon-billable header
- V93.2Heat exposure on board watercraftnon-billable header
- V93.3Fall on board watercraftnon-billable header
- V93.4Struck by falling object on board watercraftnon-billable header
- V93.5Explosion on board watercraftnon-billable header
- V93.6Machinery accident on board watercraftnon-billable header
- V93.8Other injury due to other accident on board watercraftnon-billable header
- V93.0Burn due to localized fire on board watercraftnon-billable header