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Other and unspecified water transport accidents (V94)

The ICD-10 code section V94 covers "Other and unspecified water transport accidents," which include various injuries and incidents related to watercraft and aquatic activities. These codes are used to specify different types of accidents involving water vessels and individuals in or near water, such as falls, collisions, and being struck by boats.

This group of codes captures a wide range of accidents, from hitting an object or the bottom of a body of water after falling from a watercraft (V94.0) to injuries sustained by bathers struck by powered or nonpowered watercraft (V94.11, V94.12). It also includes accidents involving riders of nonpowered watercraft hit by other watercraft (V94.21, V94.22), injuries to riders of inflatable or other watercraft pulled behind boats (V94.31, V94.32), and injuries specific to barefoot water-skiers (V94.4).

Additionally, this section covers accidents involving military watercraft (V94.81 and related codes) and other miscellaneous water transport accidents (V94.8, V94.89). Codes with a seventh character designation such as A, D, or S denote initial encounters, subsequent encounters, or sequelae, respectively, for thorough tracking of injury care. For example, the synonym "Hit by boat, or part thereof, after fall from boat" helps medical coders correctly assign V94.0XXA, the ICD-10 code for that situation. These detailed codes assist in capturing the specific circumstances of water transport injuries, improving classification and documentation for healthcare providers and coders.

  • External causes of morbidity and mortality (V01–Y99)

    • Water transport accidents (V90-V94)

        • Other and unspecified water transport accidents (V94)

        • V94 Other and unspecified water transport accidents
        • V94.0 Hitting object or bottom of body of water due to fall from watercraft
        • V94.0XXA Hitting object or bottom of body of water due to fall from watercraft, initial encounter
        • V94.0XXD Hitting object or bottom of body of water due to fall from watercraft, subsequent encounter
        • V94.0XXS Hitting object or bottom of body of water due to fall from watercraft, sequela
        • V94.1 Bather struck by watercraft
        • V94.11 Bather struck by powered watercraft
        • V94.11XA Bather struck by powered watercraft, initial encounter
        • V94.11XD Bather struck by powered watercraft, subsequent encounter
        • V94.11XS Bather struck by powered watercraft, sequela
        • V94.12 Bather struck by nonpowered watercraft
        • V94.12XA Bather struck by nonpowered watercraft, initial encounter
        • V94.12XD Bather struck by nonpowered watercraft, subsequent encounter
        • V94.12XS Bather struck by nonpowered watercraft, sequela
        • V94.2 Rider of nonpowered watercraft struck by other watercraft
        • V94.21 Rider of nonpowered watercraft struck by other nonpowered watercraft
        • V94.21XA Rider of nonpowered watercraft struck by other nonpowered watercraft, initial encounter
        • V94.21XD Rider of nonpowered watercraft struck by other nonpowered watercraft, subsequent encounter
        • V94.21XS Rider of nonpowered watercraft struck by other nonpowered watercraft, sequela
        • V94.22 Rider of nonpowered watercraft struck by powered watercraft
        • V94.22XA Rider of nonpowered watercraft struck by powered watercraft, initial encounter
        • V94.22XD Rider of nonpowered watercraft struck by powered watercraft, subsequent encounter
        • V94.22XS Rider of nonpowered watercraft struck by powered watercraft, sequela
        • V94.3 Injury to rider of (inflatable) watercraft being pulled behind other watercraft
        • V94.31 Injury to rider of (inflatable) recreational watercraft being pulled behind other watercraft
        • V94.31XA Injury to rider of (inflatable) recreational watercraft being pulled behind other watercraft, initial encounter
        • V94.31XD Injury to rider of (inflatable) recreational watercraft being pulled behind other watercraft, subsequent encounter
        • V94.31XS Injury to rider of (inflatable) recreational watercraft being pulled behind other watercraft, sequela
        • V94.32 Injury to rider of non-recreational watercraft being pulled behind other watercraft
        • V94.32XA Injury to rider of non-recreational watercraft being pulled behind other watercraft, initial encounter
        • V94.32XD Injury to rider of non-recreational watercraft being pulled behind other watercraft, subsequent encounter
        • V94.32XS Injury to rider of non-recreational watercraft being pulled behind other watercraft, sequela
        • V94.4 Injury to barefoot water-skier
        • V94.4XXA Injury to barefoot water-skier, initial encounter
        • V94.4XXD Injury to barefoot water-skier, subsequent encounter
        • V94.4XXS Injury to barefoot water-skier, sequela
        • V94.8 Other water transport accident
        • V94.81 Water transport accident involving military watercraft
        • V94.810 Civilian watercraft involved in water transport accident with military watercraft
        • V94.810A Civilian watercraft involved in water transport accident with military watercraft, initial encounter
        • V94.810D Civilian watercraft involved in water transport accident with military watercraft, subsequent encounter
        • V94.810S Civilian watercraft involved in water transport accident with military watercraft, sequela
        • V94.811 Civilian in water injured by military watercraft
        • V94.811A Civilian in water injured by military watercraft, initial encounter
        • V94.811D Civilian in water injured by military watercraft, subsequent encounter
        • V94.811S Civilian in water injured by military watercraft, sequela
        • V94.818 Other water transport accident involving military watercraft
        • V94.818A Other water transport accident involving military watercraft, initial encounter
        • V94.818D Other water transport accident involving military watercraft, subsequent encounter
        • V94.818S Other water transport accident involving military watercraft, sequela
        • V94.89 Other water transport accident
        • V94.89XA Other water transport accident, initial encounter
        • V94.89XD Other water transport accident, subsequent encounter
        • V94.89XS Other water transport accident, sequela
        • V94.9 Unspecified water transport accident
        • V94.9XXA Unspecified water transport accident, initial encounter
        • V94.9XXD Unspecified water transport accident, subsequent encounter
        • V94.9XXS Unspecified water transport accident, sequela

Instructional Notations

Type 1 Excludes

A type 1 excludes note is a pure excludes note. It means "NOT CODED HERE!" An Excludes1 note indicates that the code excluded should never be used at the same time as the code above the Excludes1 note. An Excludes1 is used when two conditions cannot occur together, such as a congenital form versus an acquired form of the same condition.

  • military watercraft accidents in military or war operations Y36 Y37

7th Character Note

Certain ICD-10-CM categories have applicable 7th characters. The applicable 7th character is required for all codes within the category, or as the notes in the Tabular List instruct. The 7th character must always be the 7th character in the data field. If a code that requires a 7th character is not 6 characters, a placeholder X must be used to fill in the empty characters.

  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V94

7th Character

Indicates that a seventh character is to be assigned to codes in a subcategory.

  • A - initial encounter
  • D - subsequent encounter
  • S - sequela