2027 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code V90Drowning and submersion due to accident to watercraft
ICD-10-CM V90
V90 is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code for drowning and submersion due to accident to watercraft, so it cannot be submitted on claims. Use a more specific code from this category instead, such as V90.00XA, V90.00XD, V90.00XS, and V90.01XA.
Code Identity
ICD-10-CM Code
V90
Billable Status
No — Non-Billable Category
Code Describes
Drowning and submersion due to accident to watercraft
Short Description
Drowning and submersion due to accident to watercraft
Same as the full description in the CMS dataset.
Chapter
V90-V94
Water transport accidents
Code Classification
Specific Coding for Drowning and submersion due to accident to watercraftOverview
Non-specific codes like V90 require more characters. Use one of these billable codes instead:
V90.0 for Drowning and submersion due to watercraft overturning
V90.00 for Drowning and submersion due to merchant ship overturning
V90.01 for Drowning and submersion due to passenger ship overturning
V90.02 for Drowning and submersion due to fishing boat overturning
V90.03 for Drowning and submersion due to other powered watercraft overturning
V90.04 for Drowning and submersion due to sailboat overturning
V90.05 for Drowning and submersion due to canoe or kayak overturning
V90.06 for Drowning and submersion due to (nonpowered) inflatable craft overturning
V90.08 for Drowning and submersion due to other unpowered watercraft overturning
V90.09 for Drowning and submersion due to unspecified watercraft overturning
V90.1 for Drowning and submersion due to watercraft sinking
V90.10 for Drowning and submersion due to merchant ship sinking
V90.11 for Drowning and submersion due to passenger ship sinking
V90.12 for Drowning and submersion due to fishing boat sinking
V90.13 for Drowning and submersion due to other powered watercraft sinking
V90.14 for Drowning and submersion due to sailboat sinking
V90.15 for Drowning and submersion due to canoe or kayak sinking
V90.16 for Drowning and submersion due to (nonpowered) inflatable craft sinking
V90.18 for Drowning and submersion due to other unpowered watercraft sinking
V90.19 for Drowning and submersion due to unspecified watercraft sinking
V90.2 for Drowning and submersion due to falling or jumping from burning watercraft
V90.20 for Drowning and submersion due to falling or jumping from burning merchant ship
V90.21 for Drowning and submersion due to falling or jumping from burning passenger ship
V90.22 for Drowning and submersion due to falling or jumping from burning fishing boat
V90.23 for Drowning and submersion due to falling or jumping from other burning powered watercraft
V90.24 for Drowning and submersion due to falling or jumping from burning sailboat
V90.25 for Drowning and submersion due to falling or jumping from burning canoe or kayak
V90.26 for Drowning and submersion due to falling or jumping from burning (nonpowered) inflatable craft
V90.27 for Drowning and submersion due to falling or jumping from burning water-skis
V90.28 for Drowning and submersion due to falling or jumping from other burning unpowered watercraft
V90.29 for Drowning and submersion due to falling or jumping from unspecified burning watercraft
V90.3 for Drowning and submersion due to falling or jumping from crushed watercraft
V90.30 for Drowning and submersion due to falling or jumping from crushed merchant ship
V90.31 for Drowning and submersion due to falling or jumping from crushed passenger ship
V90.32 for Drowning and submersion due to falling or jumping from crushed fishing boat
V90.33 for Drowning and submersion due to falling or jumping from other crushed powered watercraft
V90.34 for Drowning and submersion due to falling or jumping from crushed sailboat
V90.35 for Drowning and submersion due to falling or jumping from crushed canoe or kayak
V90.36 for Drowning and submersion due to falling or jumping from crushed (nonpowered) inflatable craft
V90.37 for Drowning and submersion due to falling or jumping from crushed water-skis
V90.38 for Drowning and submersion due to falling or jumping from other crushed unpowered watercraft
V90.39 for Drowning and submersion due to falling or jumping from crushed unspecified watercraft
V90.8 for Drowning and submersion due to other accident to watercraft
V90.80 for Drowning and submersion due to other accident to merchant ship
V90.81 for Drowning and submersion due to other accident to passenger ship
V90.82 for Drowning and submersion due to other accident to fishing boat
V90.83 for Drowning and submersion due to other accident to other powered watercraft
V90.84 for Drowning and submersion due to other accident to sailboat
V90.85 for Drowning and submersion due to other accident to canoe or kayak
V90.86 for Drowning and submersion due to other accident to (nonpowered) inflatable craft
V90.87 for Drowning and submersion due to other accident to water-skis
V90.88 for Drowning and submersion due to other accident to other unpowered watercraft
V90.89 for Drowning and submersion due to other accident to unspecified watercraft
Instructional NotesGuidance
Instructions from the official ICD-10-CM Tabular List that apply to V90: its own notes plus those printed at block V00-V99 and Chapter 20. A note printed at a category, block or chapter applies to every code under it.
Excludes1
Not coded here: the excluded code is never reported together with this one, unless the two conditions are unrelated.
On V90 itself
Excludes2
Not included here: the excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient may have both, so both codes may be reported.
Notes
General instructions on how these codes are used.
- This section is structured in 12 groups. Those relating to land transport accidents (V00-V89) reflect the victim's mode of transport and are subdivided to identify the victim's 'counterpart' or the type of event. The vehicle of which the injured person is an occupant is identified in the first two characters since it is seen as the most important factor to identify for prevention purposes. A transport accident is one in which the vehicle involved must be moving or running or in use for transport purposes at the time of the accident.
- Definitions related to transport accidents:
- (a) A transport accident (V00-V99) is any accident involving a device designed primarily for, or used at the time primarily for, conveying persons or good from one place to another.
- (b) A public highway [trafficway] or street is the entire width between property lines (or other boundary lines) of land open to the public as a matter of right or custom for purposes of moving persons or property from one place to another. A roadway is that part of the public highway designed, improved and customarily used for vehicular traffic.
- (c) A traffic accident is any vehicle accident occurring on the public highway [i.e. originating on, terminating on, or involving a vehicle partially on the highway]. A vehicle accident is assumed to have occurred on the public highway unless another place is specified, except in the case of accidents involving only off-road motor vehicles, which are classified as nontraffic accidents unless the contrary is stated.
- (d) A nontraffic accident is any vehicle accident that occurs entirely in any place other than a public highway.
- (e) A pedestrian is any person involved in an accident who was not at the time of the accident riding in or on a motor vehicle, railway train, streetcar or animal-drawn or other vehicle, or on a pedal cycle or animal. This includes, a person changing a tire, working on a parked car, or a person on foot. It also includes the user of a pedestrian conveyance such as a baby stroller, ice-skates, skis, sled, roller skates, a skateboard, nonmotorized or motorized wheelchair, motorized mobility scooter, or nonmotorized scooter.
- (f) A driver is an occupant of a transport vehicle who is operating or intending to operate it.
- (g) A passenger is any occupant of a transport vehicle other than the driver, except a person traveling on the outside of the vehicle.
- (h) A person on the outside of a vehicle is any person being transported by a vehicle but not occupying the space normally reserved for the driver or passengers, or the space intended for the transport of property. This includes a person travelling on the bodywork, bumper, fender, roof, running board or step of a vehicle, as well as, hanging on the outside of the vehicle.
- (i) A pedal cycle is any land transport vehicle operated solely by nonmotorized pedals including a bicycle or tricycle.
- (j) A pedal cyclist is any person riding a pedal cycle or in a sidecar or trailer attached to a pedal cycle.
- (k) A motorcycle is a two-wheeled motor vehicle with one or two riding saddles and sometimes with a third wheel for the support of a sidecar. The sidecar is considered part of the motorcycle. This includes a moped, motor scooter, or motorized bicycle.
- (l) A motorcycle rider is any person riding a motorcycle or in a sidecar or trailer attached to the motorcycle.
- (m) A three-wheeled motor vehicle is a motorized tricycle designed primarily for on-road use. This includes a motor-driven tricycle, a motorized rickshaw, or a three-wheeled motor car.
- (n) A car [automobile] is a four-wheeled motor vehicle designed primarily for carrying up to 7 persons. A trailer being towed by the car is considered part of the car. It does not include a van or minivan - see definition (o)
- (o) A pick-up truck or van is a four or six-wheeled motor vehicle designed for carrying passengers as well as property or cargo weighing less than the local limit for classification as a heavy goods vehicle, and not requiring a special driver's license. This includes a minivan and a sport-utility vehicle (SUV).
- (p) A heavy transport vehicle is a motor vehicle designed primarily for carrying property, meeting local criteria for classification as a heavy goods vehicle in terms of weight and requiring a special driver's license.
- (q) A bus (coach) is a motor vehicle designed or adapted primarily for carrying more than 10 passengers, and requiring a special driver's license.
- (r) A railway train or railway vehicle is any device, with or without freight or passenger cars couple to it, designed for traffic on a railway track. This includes subterranean (subways) or elevated trains.
- (s) A streetcar, is a device designed and used primarily for transporting passengers within a municipality, running on rails, usually subject to normal traffic control signals, and operated principally on a right-of-way that forms part of the roadway. This includes a tram or trolley that runs on rails. A trailer being towed by a streetcar is considered part of the streetcar.
- (t) A special vehicle mainly used on industrial premises is a motor vehicle designed primarily for use within the buildings and premises of industrial or commercial establishments. This includes battery-powered airport passenger vehicles or baggage/mail trucks, forklifts, coal-cars in a coal mine, logging cars and trucks used in mines or quarries.
- (u) A special vehicle mainly used in agriculture is a motor vehicle designed specifically for use in farming and agriculture (horticulture), to work the land, tend and harvest crops and transport materials on the farm. This includes harvesters, farm machinery and tractor and trailers.
- (v) A special construction vehicle is a motor vehicle designed specifically for use on construction and demolition sites. This includes bulldozers, diggers, earth levellers, dump trucks. backhoes, front-end loaders, pavers, and mechanical shovels.
- (w) A special all-terrain vehicle is a motor vehicle of special design to enable it to negotiate over rough or soft terrain, snow or sand. Examples of special design are high construction, special wheels and tires, tracks, and support on a cushion of air. This includes snow mobiles, All-terrain vehicles (ATV), and dune buggies. It does not include passenger vehicle designated as Sport Utility Vehicles. (SUV)
- (x) A watercraft is any device designed for transporting passengers or goods on water. This includes motor or sail boats, ships, and hovercraft.
- (y) An aircraft is any device for transporting passengers or goods in the air. This includes hot-air balloons, gliders, helicopters and airplanes.
- (z) A military vehicle is any motorized vehicle operating on a public roadway owned by the military and being operated by a member of the military.
- This chapter permits the classification of environmental events and circumstances as the cause of injury, and other adverse effects. Where a code from this section is applicable, it is intended that it shall be used secondary to a code from another chapter of the Classification indicating the nature of the condition. Most often, the condition will be classifiable to Chapter 19, Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88). Other conditions that may be stated to be due to external causes are classified in Chapters I to XVIII. For these conditions, codes from Chapter 20 should be used to provide additional information as to the cause of the condition.
7th Character
Every code in the category takes a 7th character from the listed values, with the placeholder X filling any empty positions before it.
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V90
Values for category V90 Encounter: Initial, Subsequent, Sequela
- Ainitial encounter
- Dsubsequent encounter
- Ssequela
Source: CMS ICD-10-CM Tabular List. How to read instructional notes.
Referenced in Other NotesGuidance
Instructional notes printed at other codes that name V90, its category, or a range that includes it.
Excludes1 1
These codes carry an Excludes1 note naming V90: they are not reported together with it, unless the two conditions are unrelated.
- Block W65-W74 Accidental non-transport drowning and submersionaccidental drowning and submersion due to water transport accident (V90.-, V92.-)
Patient EducationClinical
Drowning
People drown when they get too much water in their lungs. You can drown in as little as an inch or two of water. Babies can drown in a sink or bathtub. Preschoolers are most likely to drown in a swimming pool. People who have seizure disorders are also at risk in the water. Drowning can happen quickly and silently.
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Code HistoryHistory
FY 2016AddedAdded to the ICD-10-CM code setEffective October 1, 2015, the first year of ICD-10-CM.
FY 2017–2026No changes
FY 2027CurrentCurrent code set, no changesEffective October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027.
Questions About V90Overview
What is the ICD-10 code for drowning and submersion due to accident to watercraft?
V90 is the ICD-10-CM category for drowning and submersion due to accident to watercraft, but it is a non-billable header: claims need a more specific code from this category, listed on this page.
Is V90 (Drowning and submersion due to accident to watercraft) a billable code?
No. This is a category header that groups the codes for drowning and submersion due to accident to watercraft, and headers cannot be submitted on claims. Claims for drowning and submersion due to accident to watercraft need a more specific code from this category, such as V90.00XA, V90.00XD, and V90.00XS.
Can V90 be reported with a code from V94.81?
Not as a rule. The Excludes1 note on V90 lists "civilian water transport accident involving military watercraft (V94.81-)". An Excludes1 note means the excluded code is never reported together with this one; the only exception is when the two conditions are unrelated to each other (Official Guidelines, Section I.A.12.a).
