V90.38XA vs Y37.0

V90.38XA (Drowning and submersion due to falling or jumping from other crushed unpowered watercraft, initial encounter) compared with Y37.0 (Military operations involving explosion of marine weapons), from the official CMS tabular data. Do not report these codes together: the official tabular list marks them Excludes1.

Relationship

Conflict

Excludes1 conflict

V90.38XA

Drowning and submersion due to falling or jumping from other crushed unpowered watercraft, initial encounter

↔

Y37.0

Military operations involving explosion of marine weapons

Not coded here — these two are mutually exclusive.

“military watercraft accident in military or war operations (Y36.0-, Y37.0-)”

An Excludes1 note means the two conditions cannot occur together, so the pair should not be reported for the same encounter. The sole exception is when the conditions are documented as unrelated to each other.

Source: CMS ICD-10-CM tabular instructional notes; ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines, Section I.A.12.a

Can these codes be reported together?

No — do not report together. V90.38XA carries an Excludes1 note covering Y37.0: “military watercraft accident in military or war operations (Y36.0-, Y37.0-)”

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

	V90.38XADrowning and submersion due to falling or jumping from other crushed unpowered watercraft, initial encounter	Y37.0Military operations involving explosion of marine weapons
Billing status	Billable	Non-billable header
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 other crushed unpowered watercraft, initial encounter is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (V90.38A).	Military operations involving explosion of marine weapons is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (Y37.0).
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 Y37
Includes	Drowning and submersion due to falling and jumping from crushed surf-board Drowning and submersion due to falling and jumping from crushed windsurfer	injuries to military personnel and civilians occurring during peacetime on military property and during routine military exercises and operations

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Derived from the official CMS ICD-10-CM tabular data (FY2026). Not billing advice; verify sequencing rules for the encounter. All data sources