2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code Y92.89

Other specified places as the place of occurrence of the external cause

ICD-10-CM Code:
Y92.89
ICD-10 Code for:
Oth places as the place of occurrence of the external cause
Is Billable?
Yes - Valid for Submission
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Code Classification

  • External causes of morbidity and mortality
    (V01–Y99)
    • Supplementary factors related to causes of morbidity classified elsewhere
      (Y90-Y99)
      • Place of occurrence of the external cause
        (Y92)

Y92.89 is a billable diagnosis code used to specify a medical diagnosis of other specified places as the place of occurrence of the external cause. The code is valid during the current fiscal year for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions from October 01, 2023 through September 30, 2024. The code is exempt from present on admission (POA) reporting for inpatient admissions to general acute care hospitals.

Approximate Synonyms

The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:

  • Accident caused by fire in canal tunnel
  • Accident caused by noxious fumes from conflagration in public building
  • Air sickness
  • Death or significant injury of a patient or staff member resulting from a physical assault that occurs within or on the grounds of the healthcare facility
  • Died in general practice premises
  • Died in learning disability unit
  • Died in mental health unit
  • Institutional environment related disease
  • Maternal death or serious disability associated with labor or delivery in a low-risk pregnancy while being cared for in a healthcare facility
  • Motion sickness
  • Outer space sickness
  • Patient death or serious disability associated with hypoglycemia, the onset of which occurs while the patient is being cared for in a healthcare facility
  • Serious reportable event associated with care management
  • Serious reportable event associated with care management
  • Serious reportable event associated with criminal activity
  • Serious reportable event associated with criminal activity
  • Sexual assault on a patient within or on the grounds of the healthcare facility
  • Uncontrolled fire in tunnel

Clinical Classification

Clinical Information

  • Motion Sickness

    disorder caused by motion. it includes sea sickness, train sickness, roller coaster rides, rocking chair, hammock swing, car sickness, air sickness, or space motion sickness. symptoms include nausea, vomiting and/or dizziness.
  • Space Motion Sickness

    disorder characterized by nausea, vomiting, and dizziness, possibly in response to vestibular disorientation or fluid shifts associated with space flight. (from webster's new world dictionary)
  • Air Sickness

    a sensation of discomfort associated with air travel that may include nausea, vomiting, dizziness, or sweating.

Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries

The following annotation back-references are applicable to this diagnosis code. The Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries is a list of ICD-10-CM codes, organized "head to toe" into chapters and sections with coding notes and guidance for inclusions, exclusions, descriptions and more.


Inclusion Terms

Inclusion Terms
These terms are the conditions for which that code is to be used. The terms may be synonyms of the code title, or, in the case of "other specified" codes, the terms are a list of the various conditions assigned to that code. The inclusion terms are not necessarily exhaustive. Additional terms found only in the Alphabetic Index may also be assigned to a code.
  • Derelict house as the place of occurrence of the external cause

Index of External Cause of Injuries

References found for this diagnosis code in the External Cause of Injuries Index:

    • Place of occurrence
      • abandoned house
    • Place of occurrence
      • bridge
    • Place of occurrence
      • canal
    • Place of occurrence
      • derelict house
    • Place of occurrence
      • dock NOS
    • Place of occurrence
      • harbor
    • Place of occurrence
      • house
        • abandoned
    • Place of occurrence
      • parking garage
    • Place of occurrence
      • public
        • place NOS
    • Place of occurrence
      • specified place NEC
    • Place of occurrence
      • trailer site NOS
    • Place of occurrence
      • water reservoir

Present on Admission (POA)

Y92.89 is exempt from POA reporting - The Present on Admission (POA) indicator is used for diagnosis codes included in claims involving inpatient admissions to general acute care hospitals. POA indicators must be reported to CMS on each claim to facilitate the grouping of diagnoses codes into the proper Diagnostic Related Groups (DRG). CMS publishes a listing of specific diagnosis codes that are exempt from the POA reporting requirement. Review other POA exempt codes here.

CMS POA Indicator Options and Definitions

POA IndicatorReason for CodeCMS will pay the CC/MCC DRG?
YDiagnosis was present at time of inpatient admission.YES
NDiagnosis was not present at time of inpatient admission.NO
UDocumentation insufficient to determine if the condition was present at the time of inpatient admission.NO
WClinically undetermined - unable to clinically determine whether the condition was present at the time of inpatient admission.YES
1Unreported/Not used - Exempt from POA reporting. NO

Convert Y92.89 to ICD-9-CM

  • ICD-9-CM Code: E849.8 - Accident in place NEC
    Approximate Flag - The approximate mapping means there is not an exact match between the ICD-10 and ICD-9 codes and the mapped code is not a precise representation of the original 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.