V92

ICD-10Non-billable category

Drown due to acc on board wtrcrft, w/o accident to wtrcrft

Official ICD-10-CM descriptor (FY2026)

Drowning and submersion due to accident on board watercraft, without accident to watercraft

V92 is a category heading, not a billable code. CMS does not accept it on a claim; report one of the more specific codes beneath it.

Excludes1

Not coded here. An Excludes1 code should never be reported at the same time as the code above it.

  • civilian water transport accident involving military watercraft (V94.81-)
  • drowning or submersion due to accident to watercraft (V90-V91)
  • drowning or submersion of diver who voluntarily jumps from boat not involved in an accident (W16.711, W16.721)
  • fall into water without watercraft (W16.-)
  • military watercraft accident in military or war operations (Y36, Y37)

7th character

  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V92

Permitted 7th characters

Ainitial encounter
Dsubsequent encounter
Ssequela

More specific codes under V92

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Source

ICD-10-CM FY2026. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) / National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), “2026 ICD-10-CM Code Descriptions in Tabular Order” (icd10cm_order_2026.txt). Download the original file from cms.gov. Public domain (US Government work). Descriptors, billable flags and instructional notes on this page are reproduced from that file without modification. Krasyn adds no clinical guidance.

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