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Compare/V91.2 vs V93.36XS

V91.2 vs V93.36XS

V91.2 (Fall due to collision between watercraft and other watercraft or other object) compared with V93.36XS (Fall on board (nonpowered) inflatable craft, 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. V93.36XS 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. V93.36XS 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 objectV93.36XSFall on board (nonpowered) inflatable craft, sequela
Billing statusNon-billable header

Report instead: V91.20XA, V91.20XD, V91.20XS, V91.21XA, V91.21XD

Billable
ClassificationV00-Y99 — External Causes of Morbidity (V00-Y99)V00-Y99 — External Causes of Morbidity (V00-Y99)
DefinitionFall 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 (nonpowered) inflatable craft, sequela is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (V93.36S).
7th characterThe appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V91The 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