V91.85 — Other injury due to other accident to canoe or kayak

Not billable

Is V91.85 billable?

No — V91.85 is a non-billable header code. V91.85 groups more specific codes and cannot be submitted on a claim. A valid ICD-10-CM code must be reported at the highest level of specificity available in its branch. Select one of the 3 billable codes beneath V91.85.

Billable codes under this header

V91.85 at a glance

Code	V91.85
Description	Other injury due to other accident to canoe or kayak
Billable	No — header code
Code set	ICD-10-CM FY2027
Valid for encounters	October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027

How is V91.85 listed in the External Cause Index?

These are the routes through the External Cause of Injuries Index that lead to V91.85 — how the injury happened, rather than what the injury was.

Accident › watercraft › causing › injury NEC › specified type NEC › unpowered craft › canoe (to)
Accident › watercraft › causing › injury NEC › specified type NEC › unpowered craft › kayak (to)

Excludes1 — never code together — inherited from V91

The conditions below can never be reported together with V91.85 on the same claim. An Excludes1 note means the two conditions cannot occur in the same patient, so reporting both is a coding error.

civilian water transport accident involving military watercraft (V94.81-)
military watercraft accident in military or war operations (Y36, Y37.-)

Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from V91

The conditions below are not part of V91.85, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, V91.85 and the excluded code may both be reported.

drowning and submersion due to accident to watercraft (V90.-)

What codes fall under V91.85? (3)

How long has V91.85 existed?

V91.85 has been in ICD-10-CM since at least FY2016, the earliest fiscal year on record here.

Derived from the official order files for FY2016–FY2026. FY2017 and FY2020 publish no order file, so those years are not covered.