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V93.23XS ICD-10-CM Code: Heat exposure on board other powered watercraft, sequela

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

Official Registry Overview & Definition

Heat exposure on board other powered watercraft, sequela is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (V93.23S).

Official Tabular Instructional Notes

Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for V93.23XS in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list.

Inclusion Terms

Alternative terms the tabular list files under this code.

  • Heat exposure on board hovercraft

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 V93.23XS 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.

Contextual Map

Every relationship of V93.23XS 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

  • V91.0 — Burn due to watercraft on fire [Excludes1](via V93.-): “burn from localized fire or explosion on board ship without accident to watercraft (V93.-)” · check together

Clinical classification (CCSR)

  • EXT030 — External cause codes: sequela [CCSR]

Nearest codes (40)

  • V93 — Other injury due to accident on board watercraft, without accident to watercraft [Sibling]
  • V93.19 — Other burn on board unspecified watercraft [Sibling]
  • V93.19XA — Other burn on board unspecified watercraft, initial encounter [Sibling]
  • V93.19XD — Other burn on board unspecified watercraft, subsequent encounter [Sibling]
  • V93.19XS — Other burn on board unspecified watercraft, sequela [Sibling]
  • V93.2 — Heat exposure on board watercraft [Sibling]
  • V93.20 — Heat exposure on board merchant ship [Sibling]
  • V93.20XA — Heat exposure on board merchant ship, initial encounter [Sibling]
  • and 32 more

Referenced by Other Codes

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.

Official ICD-10-CM tabular notes on other codes that name V93.23XS or its code family.

1 Excludes1 notes: V91.0 (via V93.-).

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) & Clinical Guidance

Does V93.23XS require a 7th character?

Yes. The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V93.

Nearest Codes in This Family

Official ICD-10-CM classifications closest to V93.23XS in its code family, with their registry titles.

  • V93.22XD — Heat exposure on board fishing boat, subsequent encounter
  • V93.22XS — Heat exposure on board fishing boat, sequela
  • V93.23 — Heat exposure on board other powered watercraft
  • V93.23XA — Heat exposure on board other powered watercraft, initial encounter
  • V93.23XD — Heat exposure on board other powered watercraft, subsequent encounter
  • V93.24 — Heat exposure on board sailboat
  • V93.24XA — Heat exposure on board sailboat, initial encounter
  • V93.24XD — Heat exposure on board sailboat, subsequent encounter
  • V93.24XS — Heat exposure on board sailboat, sequela
  • V93.29 — Heat exposure on board unspecified watercraft

View all codes in the V93 family