ICD-9 Code E002.4

Activities involving underwater diving and snorkeling

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E002.4 is a legacy non-billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of activities involving underwater diving and snorkeling. This code was replaced on September 30, 2015 by its ICD-10 equivalent.

ICD-9: E002.4
Short Description:Underwater dive/snorkel
Long Description:Activities involving underwater diving and snorkeling

Convert E002.4 to ICD-10

The following crosswalk between ICD-9 to ICD-10 is based based on the General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS) information:

  • Y93.15 - Activity, underwater diving and snorkeling

Code Classification

  • External causes of injury (V)
    • Activity (E001-E030)
      • E002 Activities involving water and water craft

Information for Medical Professionals

ICD-9 Footnotes

General Equivalence Map Definitions
The ICD-9 and ICD-10 GEMs are used to facilitate linking between the diagnosis codes in ICD-9-CM and the new ICD-10-CM code set. The GEMs are the raw material from which providers, health information vendors and payers can derive specific applied mappings to meet their needs.

  • Approximate Flag - The approximate flag is on, indicating that the relationship between the code in the source system and the code in the target system is an approximate equivalent.
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  • Combination Flag - The combination flag indicates that more than one code in the target system is required to satisfy the full equivalent meaning of a code in the source system.