V94.89XD ICD-10-CM Code: Other water transport accident, subsequent encounter
Billing Status: YES. This is a valid, specific, and billable ICD-10-CM reference.
Coding at a Glance
- 7th character
- Required — see the character table on this page
- Tabular directives
- 1 Excludes1
Coding instructions
Official Tabular Instructional Notes: the inclusion, exclusion and sequencing notes published for V94.89XD in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list, quoted as published.
Notes without a marker are published on V94.89XD itself; “inherited from” names the category or block whose note applies here.
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).
- military watercraft accidents in military or war operations (Y36, Y37) Compare V94.89XD vs Y36 →
Source: inherited from V94
7th Character Guide
"The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V94"
- A — initial encounter
- D — subsequent encounter (this page’s code)
- S — sequela
How the encounter character is assigned. “Initial encounter” means the patient is receiving active treatment for the condition — it is not limited to the first visit, and a different or new provider giving active treatment still assigns it. “Subsequent encounter” covers care during the healing or recovery phase after active treatment. “Sequela” is for complications or conditions that arise as a direct result of the original condition.
ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting, Section I.C.19.a (paraphrased by MedCoder).
Variant codes in this family
Character meanings are CMS's official 7th-character extensions for this family, as carried in each variant code's official description; variant codes are registry rows. The explanation of how the encounter character is assigned is MedCoder editorial, distinct from the official content above it.
Code Overview
MedCoder summary Summary composed by MedCoder from this code's official ICD-10-CM record. The tabular instructional notes themselves appear verbatim below.
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 in Claim Check.
Relationships & Classification
Other codes that name V94.89XD 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.
Referenced by 4 Excludes1 notes: V92.07 — Drowning and submersion due to fall off water-skis (via V94.-), V92.08 — Drowning and submersion due to fall off other unpowered watercraft (via V94.-), W16 — Fall, jump or diving into water (via V94.-), W16.7 — Jumping or diving from boat (via V94.-).
These codes’ tabular lists mark this diagnosis as mutually exclusive — not reported together unless the conditions are documented as unrelated.
Clinical classification (AHRQ CCSR):EXT029 — External cause codes: subsequent encounter.
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: subsequent encounter).
Contextual Map
Every relationship of V94.89XD 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
- V92.07 — Drowning and submersion due to fall off water-skis[Excludes1](via V94.-): “hit by boat while water-skiing NOS (V94.-)” · Check V94.89XD + V92.07 together
- V92.08 — Drowning and submersion due to fall off other unpowered watercraft[Excludes1](via V94.-): “drowning and submersion due to rider of nonpowered watercraft being hit by other watercraft (V94.-)” · Check V94.89XD + V92.08 together
- W16 — Fall, jump or diving into water[Excludes1](via V94.-): “fall into water from watercraft (V90-V94)” · Check V94.89XD + W16 together
- W16.7 — Jumping or diving from boat[Excludes1](via V94.-): “Fall from boat into water -see watercraft accident (V90-V94)” · Check V94.89XD + W16.7 together
Clinical classification (CCSR)
Nearest codes (40)
- V94 — Other and unspecified water transport accidents[Sibling]
- V94.21XD — Rider of nonpowered watercraft struck by other nonpowered watercraft, subsequent encounter[Sibling]
- V94.21XS — Rider of nonpowered watercraft struck by other nonpowered watercraft, sequela[Sibling]
- V94.22 — Rider of nonpowered watercraft struck by powered watercraft[Sibling]
- V94.22XA — Rider of nonpowered watercraft struck by powered watercraft, initial encounter[Sibling]
- V94.22XD — Rider of nonpowered watercraft struck by powered watercraft, subsequent encounter[Sibling]
- V94.22XS — Rider of nonpowered watercraft struck by powered watercraft, sequela[Sibling]
- V94.3 — Injury to rider of (inflatable) watercraft being pulled behind other watercraft[Sibling]
- and 32 more
Change history
- FY2016 — In the code set at ICD-10-CM adoption [Change history]
Common coding questions
Does V94.89XD require a 7th character?
Yes. The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V94.
Sources for this page
Every coding fact on this page is read from the datasets below. Nothing is AI-generated; MedCoder-derived relationships and editorial are labelled where they appear.
- Code, title, tabular notes and index terms
- CMS/CDC ICD-10-CM FY2026 tabular list, index and tables, effective October 1, 2025
- Claim edits
- CMS Definitions of Medicare Code Edits — v43.1 (April 2026)
- Change history and date-of-service validity
- CMS ICD-10-CM release addenda, ingested release by release into the change ledger
- Comparisons, relationships and the contextual map MedCoder-derived
- Derived by MedCoder from the tabular notes and tables above; every derived relationship is marked as derived where it appears
Change history
- FY2016 — October 1, 2015In the code set at ICD-10-CM adoptionOther water transport accident, subsequent encounter
No changes since FY2016 — additions, deletions, description changes and billable-status changes are tracked through FY2027 (effective October 1, 2026), and none are recorded for this code. Note changes are tracked from FY2027 only.
Nearest Codes in This Family
Official ICD-10-CM classifications closest to V94.89XD in its code family, with their registry titles.
- V94.818 — Other water transport accident involving military watercraft
- V94.818A — Other water transport accident involving military watercraft, initial encounter
- V94.818D — Other water transport accident involving military watercraft, subsequent encounter
- V94.818S — Other water transport accident involving military watercraft, sequela
- V94.89 — Other water transport accident
- V94.89XA — Other water transport accident, initial encounter
- V94.89XS — Other water transport accident, sequela
- V94.9 — Unspecified water transport accident
- V94.9XXA — Unspecified water transport accident, initial encounter
- V94.9XXD — Unspecified water transport accident, subsequent encounter