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ICD-10-CM Current in FY 2027

W16.721

Jumping or diving from boat striking bottom causing drowning and submersion

Release
FY 2027
Effective
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Hierarchy

Where W16.721 sits in the official hierarchy. Each level is the code it is classified under.

  1. W16 Fall, jump or diving into water
  2. W16.7 Jumping or diving from boat
  3. W16.72 Parent Jumping or diving from boat striking bottom
  4. W16.721 This code Jumping or diving from boat striking bottom causing drowning and submersion

Official Coding Notes

Reproduced verbatim from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files. Notes labelled as inherited are declared on a parent code and apply here too.

Excludes1

Fall from boat into water -see watercraft accident (V90-V94)

Inherited from W16.7 — Jumping or diving from boat

Excludes1

accidental non-watercraft drowning and submersion not involving fall (W65-W74)

Inherited from W16 — Fall, jump or diving into water

Excludes1

effects of air pressure from diving ( W94 .-)

Inherited from W16 — Fall, jump or diving into water

Excludes1

fall into water from watercraft (V90-V94)

Inherited from W16 — Fall, jump or diving into water

Excludes1

hitting an object or against bottom when falling from watercraft ( V94.0 )

Inherited from W16 — Fall, jump or diving into water

Excludes2

striking or hitting diving board ( W21.4 )

Inherited from W16 — Fall, jump or diving into water

7th Character

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category W16

Inherited from W16 — Fall, jump or diving into water

7th Character

A - initial encounter

Inherited from W16 — Fall, jump or diving into water

7th Character

D - subsequent encounter

Inherited from W16 — Fall, jump or diving into water

7th Character

S - sequela

Inherited from W16 — Fall, jump or diving into water

More Specific Codes

3 codes under W16.721

Version History

How W16.721 appears in each release imported from the official files, newest first.

  1. FY 2027 Effective

    Current

    Jumping or diving from boat striking bottom causing drowning and submersion

  2. FY 2026 Effective

    Unchanged

    Jumping or diving from boat striking bottom causing drowning and submersion

Related Codes

Other codes under W16.72

Codes whose official notes reference W16.721

Data Source

Code information on this page is derived from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files published by CDC NCHS and CMS.

Release
FY 2027
Effective
Source file
icd10cm-code-descriptions-2027.zip

Official ICD-10-CM source files (opens in a new tab)

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