Y92.042Bedroom in boarding-house as the place of occurrence of the external cause

Y92.042 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for Bedroom in boarding-house as the place of occurrence of the external cause. It belongs to category Y92 (place of occurrence of the external cause), block Y90-Y99 (Supplementary factors related to causes of morbidity classified elsewhere) and chapter 20 (external causes of morbidity). It is billable, so it can be reported on its own for dates of service from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027.

Within Y92.04 (boarding-house as the place of occurrence of the external cause), Y92.042 is specifically for Bedroom in boarding-house as the place of occurrence of the external cause. Related codes cover kitchen in boarding-house as the place of occurrence of the external cause (Y92.040), bathroom in boarding-house as the place of occurrence of the external cause (Y92.041), driveway of boarding-house as the place of occurrence of the external cause (Y92.043), garage of boarding-house as the place of occurrence of the external cause (Y92.044), swimming-pool of boarding-house as the place of occurrence of the external cause (Y92.045), garden or yard of boarding-house as the place of occurrence of the external cause (Y92.046), other place in boarding-house as the place of occurrence of the external cause (Y92.048) and unspecified place in boarding-house as the place of occurrence of the external cause (Y92.049).

It is not a CC or MCC, so as a secondary diagnosis it doesn't change the MS-DRG severity level.

It is exempt from present-on-admission (POA) reporting, so no POA indicator is required.

It has been part of ICD-10-CM since the code set took effect on October 1, 2015 and hasn't changed since.

Before ICD-10, this condition was coded in ICD-9-CM as E849.0 (home accidents).