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Specific code 2014 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code E832.5
Other accidental submersion or drowning in water transport accident injuring swimmer
  • 2014
  • Billable Thru Sept 30/2015
  • Non-Billable On/After Oct 1/2015

  • Short description: Submers NEC-swimmer.
  • ICD-9-CM E832.5 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, E832.5 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
  • E832.5 describes the circumstance causing an injury, not the nature of the injury.
  • You are viewing the 2014 version of ICD-9-CM E832.5.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM E832.5: 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: E832.5 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM V92.09XA Drowning and submersion due to fall off unspecified watercraft, initial encounter
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