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V93.31XD vs Y36

V93.31XD (Fall on board passenger ship, subsequent encounter) compared with Y36 (Operations of war), 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. V93.31XD carries an Excludes1 note covering Y36: “military watercraft accident in military or war operations (Y36, Y37.-)”

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

V93.31XDFall on board passenger ship, subsequent encounterY36Operations of war
Billing statusBillableNon-billable header

Report instead: Y36.000A, Y36.000D, Y36.000S, Y36.001A, Y36.001D

ClassificationV00-Y99 — External Causes of Morbidity (V00-Y99)V00-Y99 — External Causes of Morbidity (V00-Y99)
DefinitionFall on board passenger ship, subsequent encounter is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (V93.31D).Operations of war is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (Y36).
7th characterThe appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V93The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category Y36
Includes
Fall on board Ferry-boat
Fall on board Liner
injuries to military personnel and civilians caused by war, civil insurrection, and peacekeeping missions

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