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V92.08 vs V92.1

V92.08 (Drowning and submersion due to fall off other unpowered watercraft) compared with V92.1 (Drowning and submersion due to being thrown overboard by motion of watercraft), 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. V92.1 carries an Excludes1 note covering V92.08: “drowning and submersion due to fall off surf-board (V92.08)”

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. V92.1 carries an Excludes1 note covering V92.08: “drowning and submersion due to fall off windsurfer (V92.08)”

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

V92.08Drowning and submersion due to fall off other unpowered watercraftV92.1Drowning and submersion due to being thrown overboard by motion of watercraft
Billing statusNon-billable header

Report instead: V92.08XA, V92.08XD, V92.08XS

Non-billable header

Report instead: V92.10XA, V92.10XD, V92.10XS, V92.11XA, V92.11XD

ClassificationV00-Y99 — External Causes of Morbidity (V00-Y99)V00-Y99 — External Causes of Morbidity (V00-Y99)
DefinitionDrowning and submersion due to fall off other unpowered watercraft is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (V92.08).Drowning and submersion due to being thrown overboard by motion of watercraft is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (V92.1).
7th characterThe appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V92The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V92
Includes
Drowning and submersion due to fall off surf-board
Drowning and submersion due to fall off windsurfer

Derived from the official CMS ICD-10-CM tabular data (FY2026). Not billing advice; verify sequencing rules for the encounter. All data sources