V90.37XA vs V92
V90.37XA (Drowning and submersion due to falling or jumping from crushed water-skis, initial encounter) 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. V90.37XA 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 V90.37XA: “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
| V90.37XADrowning and submersion due to falling or jumping from crushed water-skis, initial encounter | V92Drowning and submersion due to accident on board watercraft, without accident to watercraft | |
|---|---|---|
| Billing status | Billable | 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 falling or jumping from crushed water-skis, initial encounter is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (V90.37A). | 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