ICD-10-CM 2027 diagnosis code
V93.4Struck by falling object on board watercraft
V93.4 is a header code, so it can't be reported by itself. Choose one of the 7 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 V93.4
V93.4 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for struck by falling object 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 7 subcodes must be used instead.
Within V93 (other injury due to accident on board watercraft, without accident to watercraft), V93.4 is specifically for struck by falling object 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), fall on board watercraft (V93.3), 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 V93.4 together with the conditions in its Excludes1 note: struck by falling object due to accident to watercraft (V91.3).
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
- V93.40Struck by falling object on merchant ship
- V93.41Struck by falling object on passenger ship
- V93.42Struck by falling object on fishing boat
- V93.43Struck by falling object on other powered watercraft
- V93.44Struck by falling object on sailboat
- V93.48Struck by falling object on other unpowered watercraft
- V93.49Struck by falling object on unspecified watercraft
- Ainitial encounter
- Dsubsequent encounter
- Ssequela
Coding notes
- Hit by falling object on board watercraft
- struck by falling object due to accident to watercraft (V91.3)
Notes that apply from higher levels
Instructions written at a parent level also apply to V93.4.
› 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.
Codes whose notes reference V93.4
Code history
- 2016
- 2017
- 2018
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023
- 2024
- 2025
- 2026
- 2027
- FY2016 (effective 10/1/2015): Added (first year of ICD-10-CM)
- No changes since FY2016.
Common questions about V93.4
Is V93.4 billable?
- No. V93.4 is a header code. Report one of its more specific subcodes instead.