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V90.18XS ICD-10-CM Code: Drowning and submersion due to other unpowered watercraft sinking, sequela

Billing Status: YES. This is a valid, specific, and billable ICD-10-CM reference.

Official Registry Overview & Definition

Drowning and submersion due to other unpowered watercraft sinking, sequela is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (V90.18S).

Official Tabular Instructional Notes

Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for V90.18XS in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list.

Excludes1 — Not Coded Here

Conditions generally not reported together with this code (Excludes1) -- an error unless the two conditions are documented as unrelated to each other (ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines, Section I.A.12.a).

Frequently Compared Codes

The official Excludes notes on V90.18XS name these codes. Each comparison page covers when the two can — or must not — be reported together.

Change history

No changes recorded for this code — unchanged since the FY2016 baseline of the change ledger.

Verify Before Coding

  • Principal-diagnosis restriction. External cause of morbidity codes (V, W, X and Y) describe the circumstance that caused an injury, not the condition treated. The Medicare Code Editor rejects them as a principal diagnosis; sequence the injury or condition first and report this code as secondary.

From the code registry, the Medicare Code Editor, and the MS-DRG Definitions Manual. Check it against a full claim.

Relationships & Classification

Other codes that name V90.18XS or its code family, from the CMS ICD-10-CM tabular instructional notes. Tabular-note edges are stored at the code family level that carries each note.

9 Excludes1 notes: V92 (via V90.-), W16 (via V90.-), W16.7 (via V90.-), W65 (via V90.-), W65-W74 (via V90.-), W67 (via V90.-), W69 (via V90.-), W73 (via V90.-), W74 (via V90.-).

1 Excludes2 notes: V91 (via V90.-).

Clinical classification (AHRQ CCSR):EXT030 — External cause codes: sequela.

Clinical Classifications Software Refined (CCSR) for ICD-10-CM Diagnoses. Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

Related Codes

Same clinical category (CCSR)

AHRQ's Clinical Classifications Software groups these diagnoses under the same clinical category (External cause codes: sequela).

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Contextual Map

Every relationship of V90.18XS in one view: hierarchy, official tabular instructions in both directions, clinical classification, risk adjustment, MS-DRG participation, index terms and change history — each edge carrying the CMS source it derives from.

Hierarchy

  • V00-Y99 — Chapter 20: External Causes of Morbidity (V00-Y99) (V00-Y99) [Hierarchy]
  • V90-V94 — Water transport accidents [Hierarchy]

Referenced by Excludes1 notes (9)

  • V92 — Drowning and submersion due to accident on board watercraft, without accident to watercraft [Excludes1](via V90.-): “drowning or submersion due to accident to watercraft (V90-V91)” · check together
  • W16 — Fall, jump or diving into water [Excludes1](via V90.-): “fall into water from watercraft (V90-V94)” · check together
  • W16.7 — Jumping or diving from boat [Excludes1](via V90.-): “Fall from boat into water -see watercraft accident (V90-V94)” · check together
  • W65 — Accidental drowning and submersion while in bath-tub [Excludes1](via V90.-): “accidental drowning and submersion due to water transport accident (V90.-, V92.-)” · check together
  • W65-W74 — Accidental non-transport drowning and submersion (W65-W74) [Excludes1](via V90.-): “accidental drowning and submersion due to water transport accident (V90.-, V92.-)” · check together
  • W67 — Accidental drowning and submersion while in swimming-pool [Excludes1](via V90.-): “accidental drowning and submersion due to water transport accident (V90.-, V92.-)” · check together
  • W69 — Accidental drowning and submersion while in natural water [Excludes1](via V90.-): “accidental drowning and submersion due to water transport accident (V90.-, V92.-)” · check together
  • W73 — Other specified cause of accidental non-transport drowning and submersion [Excludes1](via V90.-): “accidental drowning and submersion due to water transport accident (V90.-, V92.-)” · check together
  • and 1 more

Referenced by Excludes2 notes

  • V91 — Other injury due to accident to watercraft [Excludes2](via V90.-): “drowning and submersion due to accident to watercraft (V90.-)” · check together

Clinical classification (CCSR)

  • EXT030 — External cause codes: sequela [CCSR]

Nearest codes (40)

  • V90 — Drowning and submersion due to accident to watercraft [Sibling]
  • V90.12XS — Drowning and submersion due to fishing boat sinking, sequela [Sibling]
  • V90.13 — Drowning and submersion due to other powered watercraft sinking [Sibling]
  • V90.13XA — Drowning and submersion due to other powered watercraft sinking, initial encounter [Sibling]
  • V90.13XD — Drowning and submersion due to other powered watercraft sinking, subsequent encounter [Sibling]
  • V90.13XS — Drowning and submersion due to other powered watercraft sinking, sequela [Sibling]
  • V90.14 — Drowning and submersion due to sailboat sinking [Sibling]
  • V90.14XA — Drowning and submersion due to sailboat sinking, initial encounter [Sibling]
  • and 32 more

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) & Clinical Guidance

Does V90.18XS require a 7th character?

Yes. The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V90.

Nearest Codes in This Family

Official ICD-10-CM classifications closest to V90.18XS in its code family, with their registry titles.

  • V90.16XD — Drowning and submersion due to (nonpowered) inflatable craft sinking, subsequent encounter
  • V90.16XS — Drowning and submersion due to (nonpowered) inflatable craft sinking, sequela
  • V90.18 — Drowning and submersion due to other unpowered watercraft sinking
  • V90.18XA — Drowning and submersion due to other unpowered watercraft sinking, initial encounter
  • V90.18XD — Drowning and submersion due to other unpowered watercraft sinking, subsequent encounter
  • V90.19 — Drowning and submersion due to unspecified watercraft sinking
  • V90.19XA — Drowning and submersion due to unspecified watercraft sinking, initial encounter
  • V90.19XD — Drowning and submersion due to unspecified watercraft sinking, subsequent encounter
  • V90.19XS — Drowning and submersion due to unspecified watercraft sinking, sequela
  • V90.2 — Drowning and submersion due to falling or jumping from burning watercraft

View all codes in the V90 family