V90 vs V92
V90 (Drowning and submersion due to accident to watercraft) compared with V92 (Drowning and submersion due to accident on board watercraft, without accident to watercraft), from the official CMS tabular data. Do not report these codes together: the official tabular list marks them Excludes1.
Can these codes be reported together?
No — do not report together. V90 carries an Excludes1 note covering V92: “water-transport-related drowning or submersion without accident to watercraft (V92.-)”
Sole exception: when the two conditions are documented as unrelated to each other (ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines, Section I.A.12.a).
No — do not report together. V92 carries an Excludes1 note covering V90: “drowning or submersion due to accident to watercraft (V90-V91)”
Sole exception: when the two conditions are documented as unrelated to each other (ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines, Section I.A.12.a).
Side by side
| V90Drowning and submersion due to accident to watercraft | V92Drowning and submersion due to accident on board watercraft, without accident to watercraft | |
|---|---|---|
| Billing status | Non-billable header Report instead: V90.00XA, V90.00XD, V90.00XS, V90.01XA, V90.01XD | Non-billable header Report instead: V92.00XA, V92.00XD, V92.00XS, V92.01XA, V92.01XD |
| Classification | V00-Y99 — External Causes of Morbidity (V00-Y99) | V00-Y99 — External Causes of Morbidity (V00-Y99) |
| Definition | Drowning and submersion due to accident to watercraft is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (V90). | Drowning and submersion due to accident on board watercraft, without accident to watercraft is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (V92). |
| 7th character | The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V90 | The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V92 |
Derived from the official CMS ICD-10-CM tabular data (FY2026). Not billing advice; verify sequencing rules for the encounter. All data sources