V91.3 vs V93.40XS
V91.3 (Hit or struck by falling object due to accident to watercraft) compared with V93.40XS (Struck by falling object on 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. V93.40XS carries an Excludes1 note covering V91.3: “struck by falling object due to accident to watercraft (V91.3)”
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. V93.40XS carries an Excludes1 note covering V91.3: “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
| V91.3Hit or struck by falling object due to accident to watercraft | V93.40XSStruck by falling object on merchant ship, sequela | |
|---|---|---|
| Billing status | Non-billable header Report instead: V91.30XA, V91.30XD, V91.30XS, V91.31XA, V91.31XD | Billable |
| Classification | V00-Y99 — External causes of morbidity | V00-Y99 — External causes of morbidity |
| Definition | Hit or struck by falling object due to accident to watercraft is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (V91.3). | Struck by falling object on merchant ship, sequela is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (V93.40S). |
| 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 Hit or struck by falling object (part of damaged watercraft or other object) after falling or jumping from damaged watercraft | — |
Derived from the official CMS ICD-10-CM tabular data (FY2026). Not billing advice; verify sequencing rules for the encounter. All data sources