V94 vs W16.41XA
V94 (Other and unspecified water transport accidents) compared with W16.41XA (Fall into unspecified water causing drowning and submersion, initial encounter), 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. W16.41XA carries an Excludes1 note covering V94: “fall into water from watercraft (V90-V94)”
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
| V94Other and unspecified water transport accidents | W16.41XAFall into unspecified water causing drowning and submersion, initial encounter | |
|---|---|---|
| Billing status | Non-billable header Report instead: V94.0XXA, V94.0XXD, V94.0XXS, V94.11XA, V94.11XD | Billable |
| Classification | V00-Y99 — External Causes of Morbidity (V00-Y99) | V00-Y99 — External Causes of Morbidity (V00-Y99) |
| Definition | Other and unspecified water transport accidents is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (V94). | Fall into unspecified water causing drowning and submersion, initial encounter is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (W16.41A). |
| 7th character | The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V94 | The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category W16 |
Derived from the official CMS ICD-10-CM tabular data (FY2026). Not billing advice; verify sequencing rules for the encounter. All data sources