W16.711A Jumping or diving from boat striking water surface causing drowning and submersion, initial encounter

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.

Built from W16.711 with 7th character A (initial encounter).

Applies from W16 Fall, jump or diving into water

Excludes1 (never code together)

• accidental non-watercraft drowning and submersion not involving fall (W65-W74)
• effects of air pressure from diving (W94.-)
• fall into water from watercraft (V90-V94)
• hitting an object or against bottom when falling from watercraft (V94.0)

Excludes2 (not included here)

• striking or hitting diving board (W21.4)

7th character note

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

7th character required

• A — initial encounter
• D — subsequent encounter
• S — sequela

Applies from W16.7 Jumping or diving from boat

Excludes1 (never code together)

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

Code annotations containing back-references to W16.711A

Back-references to W16.711

• Type 1 Excludes: V92 Drowning and submersion due to accident on board watercraft, without accident to watercraft ("drowning or submersion of diver who voluntarily jumps from boat not involved in an accident (W16.711, W16.721)")

Back-references to W16

• Type 1 Excludes: V90 Drowning and submersion due to accident to watercraft ("fall into water not from watercraft (W16.-)")
• Type 1 Excludes: V92 Drowning and submersion due to accident on board watercraft, without accident to watercraft ("fall into water without watercraft (W16.-)")
• Use Additional: W21.4 Striking against diving board ("code for subsequent falling into water, if applicable (W16.-)")

Diagnosis Index entries for W16.711A

• Drowning (accidental) › due to › jumping into water from watercraft (involved in accident) › without accident to or on watercraft
• Drowning (accidental) › following › jump or dive › from boat
• Jumped, jumping › from › boat (into water) voluntarily, without accident (to or on boat) › with › drowning or submersion

Nearby codes

• W16.622D Jumping or diving into natural body of water striking bottom causing other injury, subsequent encounter
• W16.622S Jumping or diving into natural body of water striking bottom causing other injury, sequela
• W16.7 Jumping or diving from boat
• W16.71 Jumping or diving from boat striking water surface
• W16.711 Jumping or diving from boat striking water surface causing drowning and submersion
• W16.711A Jumping or diving from boat striking water surface causing drowning and submersion, initial encounter (this code)
• W16.711D Jumping or diving from boat striking water surface causing drowning and submersion, subsequent encounter
• W16.711S Jumping or diving from boat striking water surface causing drowning and submersion, sequela
• W16.712 Jumping or diving from boat striking water surface causing other injury
• W16.712A Jumping or diving from boat striking water surface causing other injury, initial encounter
• W16.712D Jumping or diving from boat striking water surface causing other injury, subsequent encounter