Y92.23
Header — not billableHospital as the place of occurrence of the external cause
The ICD-10 code for hospital as the place of occurrence of the external cause is Y92.23.
Y92.23 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 7 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).
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 Y92.23
- Y92.230Patient room in hospital as the place of occurrence of the external cause
- Y92.231Patient bathroom in hospital as the place of occurrence of the external cause
- Y92.232Corridor of hospital as the place of occurrence of the external cause
- Y92.233Cafeteria of hospital as the place of occurrence of the external cause
- Y92.234Operating room of hospital as the place of occurrence of the external cause
- Y92.238Other place in hospital as the place of occurrence of the external cause
- Y92.239Unspecified place in hospital as the place of occurrence of the external cause
Related codes in this category
- Y92.21School (private) (public) (state) as the place of occurrence of the external causenon-billable header
- Y92.22Religious institution as the place of occurrence of the external cause
- Y92.24Public administrative building as the place of occurrence of the external causenon-billable header
- Y92.25Cultural building as the place of occurrence of the external causenon-billable header
- Y92.26Movie house or cinema as the place of occurrence of the external cause
- Y92.29Other specified public building as the place of occurrence of the external cause
- Y92.23Hospital as the place of occurrence of the external causenon-billable header