W74 is the authoritative medical code for Unspecified cause of accidental drowning and submersion. This classification is used in medical billing and clinical recording to specify the clinical criteria for unspecified cause of accidental drowning and submersion (ICD-10-CM W74), ensuring healthcare documentation aligns with 2026 federal coding standards.
Billing Status: NO. This is a clinician non-billable / parent hierarchy grouping in the ICD-10-CM system.
Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for W74 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list.
Alternative terms the tabular list files under this code.
Conditions that can never be reported with this code; the two are mutually exclusive.
Conditions not covered by this code, but which may be reported alongside it when both are present.
No. W74 (Unspecified cause of accidental drowning and submersion) is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code. A more specific billable subcode must be selected based on clinical documentation.
Yes. The appropriate 7th character is to be added to code W74; A: initial encounter; D: subsequent encounter; S: sequela.
Per Excludes1 instructions, W74 must not be reported with: accidental drowning and submersion due to fall into water (W16.-); accidental drowning and submersion due to water transport accident (V90.-, V92.-).
Per Excludes2 instructions, W74 and the following may both be reported when both are present: accidental drowning and submersion due to cataclysm (X34-X39).
Unspecified cause of accidental drowning and submersion includes: Drowning NOS.
Circumstance phrases from the official ICD-10-CM External Cause of Injuries Index that map to this code.
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