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Y93.01 vs Y93.3

Y93.01 (Activity, walking, marching and hiking) compared with Y93.3 (Activities involving climbing, rappelling and jumping off), 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. Y93.3 carries an Excludes1 note covering Y93.01: “activity, hiking on level or elevated terrain (Y93.01)”

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

Y93.01Activity, walking, marching and hikingY93.3Activities involving climbing, rappelling and jumping off
Billing statusBillableNon-billable header

Report instead: Y93.31, Y93.32, Y93.33, Y93.34, Y93.35

ClassificationV00-Y99 — External Causes of Morbidity (V00-Y99)V00-Y99 — External Causes of Morbidity (V00-Y99)
DefinitionActivity, walking, marching and hiking is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (Y93.01).Activities involving climbing, rappelling and jumping off is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (Y93.3).
Includes
Activity, walking, marching and hiking on level or elevated terrain

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