V91.2 vs V93.30XS
V91.2 (Fall due to collision between watercraft and other watercraft or other object) compared with V93.30XS (Fall on board merchant ship, sequela), 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. V93.30XS carries an Excludes1 note covering V91.2: “fall due to collision of watercraft (V91.2-)”
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. V93.30XS carries an Excludes1 note covering V91.2: “other injury due to accident to watercraft (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
| V91.2Fall due to collision between watercraft and other watercraft or other object | V93.30XSFall on board merchant ship, sequela | |
|---|---|---|
| Billing status | Non-billable header Report instead: V91.20XA, V91.20XD, V91.20XS, V91.21XA, V91.21XD | Billable |
| Classification | V00-Y99 — External Causes of Morbidity (V00-Y99) | V00-Y99 — External Causes of Morbidity (V00-Y99) |
| Definition | Fall due to collision between watercraft and other watercraft or other object is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (V91.2). | Fall on board merchant ship, sequela is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (V93.30S). |
| 7th character | The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V91 | The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V93 |
| Includes | any injury except drowning and submersion as a result of an accident to watercraft Fall while remaining on watercraft after collision | — |
Derived from the official CMS ICD-10-CM tabular data (FY2026). Not billing advice; verify sequencing rules for the encounter. All data sources