V93.0 — Burn due to localized fire on board watercraft
Is V93.0 billable?
No — V93.0 is a non-billable header code. V93.0 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 18 billable codes beneath V93.0.
Billable codes under this header
- V93.00XABurn due to localized fire on board merchant vessel, initial encounter
- V93.00XDBurn due to localized fire on board merchant vessel, subsequent encounter
- V93.00XSBurn due to localized fire on board merchant vessel, sequela
- V93.01XABurn due to localized fire on board passenger vessel, initial encounter
- V93.01XDBurn due to localized fire on board passenger vessel, subsequent encounter
- V93.01XSBurn due to localized fire on board passenger vessel, sequela
- V93.02XABurn due to localized fire on board fishing boat, initial encounter
- V93.02XDBurn due to localized fire on board fishing boat, subsequent encounter
- V93.02XSBurn due to localized fire on board fishing boat, sequela
- V93.03XABurn due to localized fire on board other powered watercraft, initial encounter
- V93.03XDBurn due to localized fire on board other powered watercraft, subsequent encounter
- V93.03XSBurn due to localized fire on board other powered watercraft, sequela
- V93.04XABurn due to localized fire on board sailboat, initial encounter
- V93.04XDBurn due to localized fire on board sailboat, subsequent encounter
- V93.04XSBurn due to localized fire on board sailboat, sequela
- V93.09XABurn due to localized fire on board unspecified watercraft, initial encounter
- V93.09XDBurn due to localized fire on board unspecified watercraft, subsequent encounter
- V93.09XSBurn due to localized fire on board unspecified watercraft, sequela
V93.0 at a glance
| Code | V93.0 |
|---|---|
| Description | Burn due to localized fire on board watercraft |
| Billable | No — header code |
| Code set | ICD-10-CM FY2027 |
| Valid for encounters | October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027 |
Excludes1 — never code together
The conditions below can never be reported together with V93.0 on the same claim. An Excludes1 note means the two conditions cannot occur in the same patient, so reporting both is a coding error.
- burn due to watercraft on fire (V91.0-)
Excludes1 — never code together — inherited from V93
The conditions below can never be reported together with V93.0 on the same claim. An Excludes1 note means the two conditions cannot occur in the same patient, so reporting both is a coding error.
Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from V93
The conditions below are not part of V93.0, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, V93.0 and the excluded code may both be reported.
- drowning and submersion due to accident on board watercraft, without accident to watercraft (V92.-)
What codes fall under V93.0? (6)
- V93.00Burn due to localized fire on board merchant vesselnot billable
- V93.01Burn due to localized fire on board passenger vesselnot billable
- V93.02Burn due to localized fire on board fishing boatnot billable
- V93.03Burn due to localized fire on board other powered watercraftnot billable
- V93.04Burn due to localized fire on board sailboatnot billable
- V93.09Burn due to localized fire on board unspecified watercraftnot billable
How long has V93.0 existed?
V93.0 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.
What other codes are in the V93 family? (7)
- V93.1Other burn on board watercraftnot billable
- V93.2Heat exposure on board watercraftnot billable
- V93.3Fall on board watercraftnot billable
- V93.4Struck by falling object on board watercraftnot billable
- V93.5Explosion on board watercraftnot billable
- V93.6Machinery accident on board watercraftnot billable
- V93.8Other injury due to other accident on board watercraftnot billable