V93.3
Header — not billableFall on board watercraft
The ICD-10 code for fall on board watercraft is V93.3.
V93.3 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 9 more specific codes below.
Clinical notes
Excludes1 (not coded here)
An Excludes1 note is a pure exclusion: the excluded condition and this code should never be reported together, because the two conditions cannot occur at the same time (e.g. a congenital form vs. an acquired form of the same disease).
- fall due to collision of watercraft (V91.2-)
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •This is a non-billable header code. Documentation must support a more specific child code before this diagnosis can be reported on a claim.
- •Confirm the excluded condition(s) listed above are not also present — Excludes1 conditions cannot be coded together with this one.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Child codes under V93.3
- V93.30Fall on board merchant ship
- V93.31Fall on board passenger ship
- V93.32Fall on board fishing boat
- V93.33Fall on board other powered watercraft
- V93.34Fall on board sailboat
- V93.35Fall on board canoe or kayak
- V93.36Fall on board (nonpowered) inflatable craft
- V93.38Fall on board other unpowered watercraft
- V93.39Fall on board unspecified watercraft
Related codes in this category
- V93.0Burn due to localized fire on board watercraftnon-billable header
- V93.1Other burn on board watercraftnon-billable header
- V93.2Heat exposure on board watercraftnon-billable header
- V93.4Struck by falling object on board watercraftnon-billable header
- V93.5Explosion on board watercraftnon-billable header
- V93.6Machinery accident on board watercraftnon-billable header
- V93.8Other injury due to other accident on board watercraftnon-billable header
- V93.3Fall on board watercraftnon-billable header