Version 2024

2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code V94.3

Injury to rider of (inflatable) watercraft being pulled behind other watercraft

ICD-10-CM Code:
V94.3
ICD-10 Code for:
Injury to rider of watercraft being puld beh oth watercraft
Is Billable?
Not Valid for Submission
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Code Classification

  • External causes of morbidity and mortality
    (V01–Y99)
    • Transport accidents
      (V00-V99)
      • Other and unspecified water transport accidents
        (V94)

V94.3 is a non-specific and non-billable diagnosis code code, consider using a code with a higher level of specificity for a diagnosis of injury to rider of (inflatable) watercraft being pulled behind other watercraft. The code is not specific and is NOT valid for the year 2024 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions. Category or Header define the heading of a category of codes that may be further subdivided by the use of 4th, 5th, 6th or 7th characters.

Specific Coding Applicable to Injury to rider of watercraft being puld beh oth watercraft

Non-specific codes like V94.3 require more digits to indicate the appropriate level of specificity. Consider using any of the following ICD-10-CM codes with a higher level of specificity when coding for injury to rider of watercraft being puld beh oth watercraft:

  • V94.31 for Injury to rider of (inflatable) recreational watercraft being pulled behind other watercraft - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • Use V94.31XA for initial encounter - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use V94.31XD for subsequent encounter - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use V94.31XS for sequela - BILLABLE CODE

  • V94.32 for Injury to rider of non-recreational watercraft being pulled behind other watercraft - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • Use V94.32XA for initial encounter - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use V94.32XD for subsequent encounter - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use V94.32XS for sequela - BILLABLE CODE

Code History

  • FY 2024 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2023 through 9/30/2024
  • FY 2023 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2022 through 9/30/2023
  • FY 2022 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2021 through 9/30/2022
  • FY 2021 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2020 through 9/30/2021
  • FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020
  • FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
  • FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
  • FY 2017 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2016 through 9/30/2017
  • FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016. This was the first year ICD-10-CM was implemented into the HIPAA code set.