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V93.50XA ICD-10-CM Code: Explosion on board merchant ship, initial encounter

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

Official Registry Overview & Definition

Explosion on board merchant ship, initial encounter is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (V93.50A).

Official Tabular Instructional Notes

Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for V93.50XA 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).

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 V93.50XA 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

Official ICD-10-CM tabular notes on other codes that name V93.50XA or its code family.

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

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.

Contextual Map

Every relationship of V93.50XA 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)

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

Nearest codes (40)

  • V93 — Other injury due to accident on board watercraft, without accident to watercraft [Sibling]
  • V93.42XD — Struck by falling object on fishing boat, subsequent encounter [Sibling]
  • V93.42XS — Struck by falling object on fishing boat, sequela [Sibling]
  • V93.43 — Struck by falling object on other powered watercraft [Sibling]
  • V93.43XA — Struck by falling object on other powered watercraft, initial encounter [Sibling]
  • V93.43XD — Struck by falling object on other powered watercraft, subsequent encounter [Sibling]
  • V93.43XS — Struck by falling object on other powered watercraft, sequela [Sibling]
  • V93.44 — Struck by falling object on sailboat [Sibling]
  • and 32 more

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) & Clinical Guidance

Does V93.50XA 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 V93.50XA in its code family, with their registry titles.

  • V93.49XA — Struck by falling object on unspecified watercraft, initial encounter
  • V93.49XD — Struck by falling object on unspecified watercraft, subsequent encounter
  • V93.49XS — Struck by falling object on unspecified watercraft, sequela
  • V93.5 — Explosion on board watercraft
  • V93.50 — Explosion on board merchant ship
  • V93.50XD — Explosion on board merchant ship, subsequent encounter
  • V93.50XS — Explosion on board merchant ship, sequela
  • V93.51 — Explosion on board passenger ship
  • V93.51XA — Explosion on board passenger ship, initial encounter
  • V93.51XD — Explosion on board passenger ship, subsequent encounter

View all codes in the V93 family