V91.31XA vs V91.31XS
V91.31XA (Hit or struck by falling object due to accident to passenger ship, initial encounter) compared with V91.31XS (Hit or struck by falling object due to accident to passenger ship, sequela), from the official CMS tabular data.
Summary
No tabular note links these codes. Both belong to category V91, and nothing in the tabular list prevents reporting each when it is documented.
Registry fact- What is different?
Title wording.The titles share “Hit or struck by falling object due to accident to passenger ship”; V91.31XA says “initial encounter” where V91.31XS says “sequela”.
Registry fact
- Can these codes be reported together?
No instruction prevents it.No note in either entry names the other. Both belong to category V91; each may be reported when its own documentation is present.
Registry fact
- Is there an Excludes1 relationship?
None.Neither entry carries an Excludes1 note that names the other code. V91.31XA carries 2 Excludes1 notes and V91.31XS carries 2 Excludes1 notes covering other codes; the side-by-side table quotes them.
Official rule
- Is there an Excludes2 relationship?
None.Neither entry carries an Excludes2 note that names the other code. V91.31XA carries 2 Excludes2 notes and V91.31XS carries 2 Excludes2 notes covering other codes; the side-by-side table quotes them.
Official rule
- Is one more specific?
No.Neither is a subdivision of the other, and neither title is the unspecified form; they describe different conditions within category V91.
Registry fact
- Is one a parent or header code?
No.Both are billable codes, and neither contains the other.
Registry fact
- Are there sequencing instructions?
None.Neither entry carries a Code First or Use Additional Code note that names the other.
Official rule
- Are there other coding relationships?
None found.No laterality, encounter-phase, Table of Neoplasms, Table of Drugs and Chemicals, or history-versus-active-disease relationship links these codes.
MedCoder-derived
Official rule: a tabular instructional note or a section of the ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines, quoted as published. Registry fact: the codes’ own published attributes (titles, billable status, position in the hierarchy, code set). MedCoder-derived: a reading MedCoder computes from those facts; it is not itself a rule. How to read the labels
Can these codes be reported together?
Yes, when each is documented. V91.31XA and V91.31XS both belong to category V91.
No Excludes1/Excludes2 relationship exists between these codes in the official tabular list. The code titles state what each one covers, and the documentation decides which applies.
Side by side
| V91.31XAHit or struck by falling object due to accident to passenger ship, initial encounter | V91.31XSHit or struck by falling object due to accident to passenger ship, sequela | |
|---|---|---|
| Billing status | Billable | Billable |
| Classification | V00-Y99 — External Causes of Morbidity (V00-Y99) | V00-Y99 — External Causes of Morbidity (V00-Y99) |
| Definition | Hit or struck by falling object due to accident to passenger ship, initial encounter is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (V91.31XA). | Hit or struck by falling object due to accident to passenger ship, sequela is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (V91.31XS). |
| 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 V91 |
| Includes | any injury except drowning and submersion as a result of an accident to watercraft Hit or struck by falling object due to accident to Ferry-boat Hit or struck by falling object due to accident to Liner | any injury except drowning and submersion as a result of an accident to watercraft Hit or struck by falling object due to accident to Ferry-boat Hit or struck by falling object due to accident to Liner |
| Excludes1 | civilian water transport accident involving military watercraft (V94.81-) military watercraft accident in military or war operations (Y36, Y37.-) | civilian water transport accident involving military watercraft (V94.81-) military watercraft accident in military or war operations (Y36, Y37.-) |
| Excludes2 | drowning or submersion due to fall or jumping from damaged watercraft (V90.2-, V90.3-) drowning and submersion due to accident to watercraft (V90.-) | drowning or submersion due to fall or jumping from damaged watercraft (V90.2-, V90.3-) drowning and submersion due to accident to watercraft (V90.-) |
Notes are the code’s own tabular entry, quoted as published. A note that names the other code is the one the verdict above rests on.
Derived from the official CMS ICD-10-CM tabular data (FY2027). A coding-rule comparison, not billing advice: payer-specific edits and medical-necessity policy are outside its scope. All data sources