ICD-10-CM 2027 diagnosis code
V93.3Fall on board watercraft
V93.3 is a header code, so it can't be reported by itself. Choose one of the 9 more specific codes beneath it and add the required 7th character.
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 V93.3
V93.3 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for fall on board watercraft. It belongs to category V93 (other injury 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 9 subcodes must be used instead.
Within V93 (other injury due to accident on board watercraft, without accident to watercraft), V93.3 is specifically for fall on board watercraft. Related codes cover burn due to localized fire on board watercraft (V93.0), other burn on board watercraft (V93.1), heat exposure on board watercraft (V93.2), struck by falling object on board watercraft (V93.4), explosion on board watercraft (V93.5), machinery accident on board watercraft (V93.6) and other injury due to other accident on board watercraft (V93.8).
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 V93.3 together with the conditions in its Excludes1 note: fall due to collision of watercraft (V91.2-).
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 V93
- 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
- Ainitial encounter
- Dsubsequent encounter
- Ssequela
Coding notes
- fall due to collision of watercraft (V91.2-)
Notes that apply from higher levels
Instructions written at a parent level also apply to V93.3.
› From V93 Other injury due to accident on board watercraft, without accident to watercraft
- drowning and submersion due to accident on board watercraft, without accident to watercraft (V92.-)
Broader instructions also apply from Chapter 20: External causes of morbidity.
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 V93.3
Is V93.3 billable?
- No. V93.3 is a header code. Report one of its more specific subcodes instead.