V90.80XA vs Y36.0
V90.80XA (Drowning and submersion due to other accident to merchant ship, initial encounter) compared with Y36.0 (War 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.
Can these codes be reported together?
No — do not report together. V90.80XA carries an Excludes1 note covering Y36.0: “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
| V90.80XADrowning and submersion due to other accident to merchant ship, initial encounter | Y36.0War operations involving explosion of marine weapons | |
|---|---|---|
| Billing status | Billable | Non-billable header Report instead: Y36.000A, Y36.000D, Y36.000S, Y36.001A, Y36.001D |
| Classification | V00-Y99 — External Causes of Morbidity (V00-Y99) | V00-Y99 — External Causes of Morbidity (V00-Y99) |
| Definition | Drowning and submersion due to other accident to merchant ship, initial encounter is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (V90.80A). | War operations involving explosion of marine weapons is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (Y36.0). |
| 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 Y36 |
| Includes | — | injuries to military personnel and civilians caused by war, civil insurrection, and peacekeeping missions |
Derived from the official CMS ICD-10-CM tabular data (FY2026). Not billing advice; verify sequencing rules for the encounter. All data sources