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Y93.13 vs Y93.6

Y93.13 (Activity, water polo) compared with Y93.6 (Activities involving other sports and athletics played as a team or group), 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. Y93.6 carries an Excludes1 note covering Y93.13: “activity, water polo (Y93.13)”

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

Y93.13Activity, water poloY93.6Activities involving other sports and athletics played as a team or group
Billing statusBillableNon-billable header

Report instead: Y93.61, Y93.62, Y93.63, Y93.64, Y93.65

ClassificationV00-Y99 — External Causes of Morbidity (V00-Y99)V00-Y99 — External Causes of Morbidity (V00-Y99)
DefinitionActivity, water polo is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (Y93.13).Activities involving other sports and athletics played as a team or group is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (Y93.6).

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