V94.8 — Other water transport accident

Not billable

Is V94.8 billable?

No — V94.8 is a non-billable header code. V94.8 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 12 billable codes beneath V94.8.

Billable codes under this header

V94.8 at a glance

Code	V94.8
Description	Other water transport accident
Billable	No — header code
Code set	ICD-10-CM FY2027
Valid for encounters	October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027

Excludes1 — never code together — inherited from V94

The conditions below can never be reported together with V94.8 on the same claim. An Excludes1 note means the two conditions cannot occur in the same patient, so reporting both is a coding error.

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

What codes fall under V94.8? (2)

How long has V94.8 existed?

V94.8 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.