ICD-10-CM 2027 diagnosis code
V92.08Drowning and submersion due to fall off other unpowered watercraft
V92.08 is a header code, so it can't be reported by itself. Choose one of the 3 more specific codes beneath it and add the required 7th character.Short description: Drowning and submersion due to fall off unpowr wtrcrft
Code unchanged since ICD-10-CM took effect on October 1, 2015. Source: official FY2027 ICD-10-CM release from CDC/NCHS and CMS. Page updated September 29, 2026. About our data
About V92.08
V92.08 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for drowning and submersion due to fall off other unpowered watercraft. It belongs to category V92 (drowning and submersion due to accident on board watercraft, without accident to watercraft), block V90-V94 (water transport accidents) and chapter 20 (external causes of morbidity). It is a header code, so it can't be reported by itself; one of its 3 subcodes must be used instead.
Within V92.0, choose V92.08 (other unpowered watercraft) only when documentation doesn't support a more specific option: merchant ship (V92.00), passenger ship (V92.01), fishing boat (V92.02), other powered watercraft (V92.03), sailboat (V92.04), canoe or kayak (V92.05), (nonpowered) inflatable craft (V92.06), water-skis (V92.07) and 1 more.
Codes in this range require a 7th character: A for initial encounter, D for subsequent encounter and S for sequela. Use placeholder "X" characters to fill any empty positions before the 7th character.
Don't report V92.08 together with the conditions in its Excludes1 note: drowning and submersion due to fall off burning unpowered watercraft (V90.28), drowning and submersion due to fall off crushed unpowered watercraft (V90.38), drowning and submersion due to fall off damaged unpowered watercraft (V90.88), drowning and submersion due to rider of nonpowered watercraft being hit by other watercraft (V94.-) and 1 more.
It has been part of ICD-10-CM since the code set took effect on October 1, 2015 and hasn't changed since.
7th character
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V92
Coding notes
- Drowning and submersion due to fall off surf-board
- Drowning and submersion due to fall off windsurfer
- drowning and submersion due to fall off burning unpowered watercraft (V90.28)
- drowning and submersion due to fall off crushed unpowered watercraft (V90.38)
- drowning and submersion due to fall off damaged unpowered watercraft (V90.88)
- drowning and submersion due to rider of nonpowered watercraft being hit by other watercraft (V94.-)
- other injury due to rider of nonpowered watercraft being hit by other watercraft (V94.-)
Notes that apply from higher levels
Instructions written at a parent level also apply to V92.08.
› From V92.0 Drowning and submersion due to fall off watercraft
- hitting head on object or bottom of body of water due to fall from watercraft (V94.0-)
› From V92 Drowning and submersion due to accident on board watercraft, without accident to watercraft
- civilian water transport accident involving military watercraft (V94.81-)
- drowning or submersion due to accident to watercraft (V90-V91)
- drowning or submersion of diver who voluntarily jumps from boat not involved in an accident (W16.711, W16.721)
- fall into water without watercraft (W16.-)
- military watercraft accident in military or war operations (Y36, Y37)
Broader instructions also apply from Chapter 20: External causes of morbidity.
Alphabetic index entries
3 entriesTerms in the official ICD-10-CM index that lead to V92.08.
Codes whose notes reference V92.08
Code history
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- FY2016 (effective 10/1/2015): Added (first year of ICD-10-CM)
- No changes since FY2016.
Common questions about V92.08
Is V92.08 billable?
- No. V92.08 is a header code. Report one of its more specific subcodes instead.