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Category · FY2027

V94 Other and unspecified water transport accidents

  • Header · not billable
  • Codes take a 7th character

V94 is not billable. The category heads 39 billable codes in FY2027, grouped under 7 subdivisions. Its codes take a 7th character, so none is complete with fewer than 7 characters.

Billable codes
39
Subdivisions
7
CC / MCC codes
0 / 0
HCC V28 codes
0
New FY2027
0
Index entries
0

Codes in V94

  1. V94.0
    Hitting object or bottom of body of water due to fall from watercraft +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
    Excludes2 1

    Excludes2

    • drowning and submersion due to fall from watercraft (V92.0-) V92.0
  2. V94.1
    Bather struck by watercraft
    Header
    Inclusion terms 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Swimmer hit by watercraft
  3. V94.11
    Bather struck by powered watercraft +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
  4. V94.12
    Bather struck by nonpowered watercraft +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
  5. V94.2
    Rider of nonpowered watercraft struck by other watercraft
    Header
  6. V94.21
    Rider of nonpowered watercraft struck by other nonpowered watercraft +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
    Inclusion terms 3

    Inclusion terms

    • Canoer hit by other nonpowered watercraft
    • Surfer hit by other nonpowered watercraft
    • Windsurfer hit by other nonpowered watercraft
  7. V94.22
    Rider of nonpowered watercraft struck by powered watercraft +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
    Inclusion terms 3

    Inclusion terms

    • Canoer hit by motorboat
    • Surfer hit by motorboat
    • Windsurfer hit by motorboat
  8. V94.3
    Injury to rider of (inflatable) watercraft being pulled behind other watercraft
    Header
  9. V94.31
    Injury to rider of (inflatable) recreational watercraft being pulled behind other watercraft +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
    Inclusion terms 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Injury to rider of inner-tube pulled behind motor boat
  10. V94.32
    Injury to rider of non-recreational watercraft being pulled behind other watercraft +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
    Inclusion terms 2

    Inclusion terms

    • Injury to occupant of dingy being pulled behind boat or ship
    • Injury to occupant of life-raft being pulled behind boat or ship
  11. V94.4
    Injury to barefoot water-skier +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
    Inclusion terms 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Injury to person being pulled behind boat or ship
  12. V94.8
    Other water transport accident
    Header
  13. V94.81
    Water transport accident involving military watercraft
    Header
  14. V94.810
    Civilian watercraft involved in water transport accident with military watercraft +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
    Inclusion terms 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Passenger on civilian watercraft injured due to accident with military watercraft
  15. V94.811
    Civilian in water injured by military watercraft +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
  16. V94.818
    Other water transport accident involving military watercraft +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
  17. V94.89
    Other water transport accident +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
  18. V94.9
    Unspecified water transport accident +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
    Inclusion terms 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Water transport accident NOS

Sources of each column. Rows marked +7th need a 7th character: pick one to build the full code; its code card has its own flags.

Instructions

At V94

Excludes1

  • military watercraft accidents in military or war operations (Y36, Y37) Y36 Y37

Notes that also apply

Instructions for the group V00-V99 (Notes 28, Excludes1 5, Excludes2 1, Use additional code 4): printed on the chapter 20 page.

Chapter 20 instructions (Notes 1): printed on the chapter 20 page.

7th characters

7th characters for V94 defined here

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V94

7th characters for V94
7thMeaning (NCHS)
Ainitial encounter
Dsubsequent encounter
Ssequela

A code that takes a 7th character is invalid without it; the placeholder X fills a code shorter than 6 characters (Official Guidelines I.A.5). How 7th characters work.

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