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V93.53XA ICD-10-CM Code: Explosion on board other powered watercraft, initial encounter

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

Official Registry Overview & Definition

Explosion on board other powered watercraft, initial encounter is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (V93.53A).

Official Tabular Instructional Notes

Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for V93.53XA in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list.

Inclusion Terms

Alternative terms the tabular list files under this code.

  • Explosion on board Hovercraft
  • Explosion on board Jet ski

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 V93.53XA 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 V93.53XA or its code family.

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

Contextual Map

Every relationship of V93.53XA 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]
  • V93.48XD — Struck by falling object on other unpowered watercraft, subsequent encounter [Sibling]
  • V93.48XS — Struck by falling object on other unpowered watercraft, sequela [Sibling]
  • V93.49 — Struck by falling object on unspecified watercraft [Sibling]
  • V93.49XA — Struck by falling object on unspecified watercraft, initial encounter [Sibling]
  • V93.49XD — Struck by falling object on unspecified watercraft, subsequent encounter [Sibling]
  • V93.49XS — Struck by falling object on unspecified watercraft, sequela [Sibling]
  • V93.5 — Explosion on board watercraft [Sibling]
  • and 32 more

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) & Clinical Guidance

Does V93.53XA 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 V93.53XA in its code family, with their registry titles.

  • V93.52 — Explosion on board fishing boat
  • V93.52XA — Explosion on board fishing boat, initial encounter
  • V93.52XD — Explosion on board fishing boat, subsequent encounter
  • V93.52XS — Explosion on board fishing boat, sequela
  • V93.53 — Explosion on board other powered watercraft
  • V93.53XD — Explosion on board other powered watercraft, subsequent encounter
  • V93.53XS — Explosion on board other powered watercraft, sequela
  • V93.54 — Explosion on board sailboat
  • V93.54XA — Explosion on board sailboat, initial encounter
  • V93.54XD — Explosion on board sailboat, subsequent encounter

View all codes in the V93 family