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V91.31XA ICD-10-CM Code: Hit or struck by falling object due to accident to passenger ship, initial encounter

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

Official Registry Overview & Definition

Hit or struck by falling object due to accident to passenger ship, initial encounter is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (V91.31A).

Official Tabular Instructional Notes

Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for V91.31XA in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list.

Includes

Conditions the official ICD-10-CM tabular list includes under this code.

  • any injury except drowning and submersion as a result of an accident to watercraft

Inclusion Terms

Alternative terms the tabular list files under this code.

  • Hit or struck by falling object due to accident to Ferry-boat
  • Hit or struck by falling object due to accident to Liner

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).

Excludes2 — Not Included Here

Conditions not covered by this code, but which may be reported alongside it when both are present.

Frequently Compared Codes

The official Excludes notes on V91.31XA 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.

Referenced by Other Codes

Clinical classification (AHRQ CCSR):EXT010 — External cause codes: transport; not MVT; initial encounter; EXT020 — External cause codes: intent of injury, accidental/unintentional.

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

Official ICD-10-CM tabular notes on other codes that name V91.31XA or its code family.

1 Excludes1 notes: V93 (via V91.-).

Contextual Map

Every relationship of V91.31XA 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

  • V93 — Other injury due to accident on board watercraft, without accident to watercraft [Excludes1](via V91.-): “other injury due to accident to watercraft (V91.-)” · check together

Clinical classification (CCSR)

  • EXT010 — External cause codes: transport; not MVT; initial encounter [CCSR]
  • EXT020 — External cause codes: intent of injury, accidental/unintentional [CCSR]

Nearest codes (40)

  • V91 — Other injury due to accident to watercraft [Sibling]
  • V91.24XD — Fall due to collision between sailboat and other watercraft or other object, subsequent encounter [Sibling]
  • V91.24XS — Fall due to collision between sailboat and other watercraft or other object, sequela [Sibling]
  • V91.25 — Fall due to collision between canoe or kayak and other watercraft or other object [Sibling]
  • V91.25XA — Fall due to collision between canoe or kayak and other watercraft or other object, initial encounter [Sibling]
  • V91.25XD — Fall due to collision between canoe or kayak and other watercraft or other object, subsequent encounter [Sibling]
  • V91.25XS — Fall due to collision between canoe or kayak and other watercraft or other object, sequela [Sibling]
  • V91.26 — Fall due to collision between (nonpowered) inflatable craft and other watercraft or other object [Sibling]
  • and 32 more

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) & Clinical Guidance

Does V91.31XA require a 7th character?

Yes. The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V91.

Nearest Codes in This Family

Official ICD-10-CM classifications closest to V91.31XA in its code family, with their registry titles.

  • V91.30 — Hit or struck by falling object due to accident to merchant ship
  • V91.30XA — Hit or struck by falling object due to accident to merchant ship, initial encounter
  • V91.30XD — Hit or struck by falling object due to accident to merchant ship, subsequent encounter
  • V91.30XS — Hit or struck by falling object due to accident to merchant ship, sequela
  • V91.31 — Hit or struck by falling object due to accident to passenger ship
  • V91.31XD — Hit or struck by falling object due to accident to passenger ship, subsequent encounter
  • V91.31XS — Hit or struck by falling object due to accident to passenger ship, sequela
  • V91.32 — Hit or struck by falling object due to accident to fishing boat
  • V91.32XA — Hit or struck by falling object due to accident to fishing boat, initial encounter
  • V91.32XD — Hit or struck by falling object due to accident to fishing boat, subsequent encounter

View all codes in the V91 family