Water transport accidents (V90-V94)

Official coding guidelines

From the ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting, FY 2027 (CMS and NCHS). Links open the PDF at the right page.

Covers how to report external cause codes (V00-Y99) describing cause, intent, place, activity, and status. They are never principal or first-listed, and reporting is voluntary unless required.

• General External Cause Coding Guidelines (page 88)
• Place of Occurrence Guideline (page 89)
• Activity Code (page 89)
• Place of Occurrence, Activity, and Status Codes Used with other External Cause Code (page 89)
• If the Reporting Format Limits the Number of External Cause Codes (page 90)
• Multiple External Cause Coding Guidelines (page 90)
• Child and Adult Abuse Guideline (page 90)
• Unknown or Undetermined Intent Guideline (page 91)

Read Section I.C.20 (page 87), 3 more topics

Codes under V90-V94

V90-V94 can't be used on a claim. Pick a billable code below; grey headings group them.

• V90Drowning and submersion due to accident to watercraft
• V91Other injury due to accident to watercraft
• V92Drowning and submersion due to accident on board watercraft, without accident to watercraft
• V93Other injury due to accident on board watercraft, without accident to watercraft
• V94Other and unspecified water transport accidents

V90-V94 MS-DRGs

This code does not group to an MS-DRG as a principal diagnosis.

Other codes that refer to V90-V94

Notes on these codes point to V90-V94.

• W16 Excludes1: fall into water from watercraft (V90-V94)
• W16.7 Excludes1: Fall from boat into water -see watercraft accident (V90-V94)

About the condition

Plain-language background from MedlinePlus (National Library of Medicine), not coding guidance.