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V93.23XS vs W92

V93.23XS (Heat exposure on board other powered watercraft, sequela) compared with W92 (Exposure to excessive heat of man-made origin), 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. V93.23XS carries an Excludes1 note covering W92: “exposure to man-made heat not aboard watercraft (W92)”

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

V93.23XSHeat exposure on board other powered watercraft, sequelaW92Exposure to excessive heat of man-made origin
Billing statusBillableNon-billable header

Report instead: W92.XXXA, W92.XXXD, W92.XXXS

ClassificationV00-Y99 — External Causes of Morbidity (V00-Y99)V00-Y99 — External Causes of Morbidity (V00-Y99)
DefinitionHeat exposure on board other powered watercraft, sequela is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (V93.23S).Exposure to excessive heat of man-made origin is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (W92).
7th characterThe appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V93The appropriate 7th character is to be added to code W92
Includes
Heat exposure on board hovercraft

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