Y93.23 Activity, snow (alpine) (downhill) skiing, snowboarding, sledding, tobogganing and snow tubing

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026. Exempt from present-on-admission (POA) reporting.

Excludes1 (never code together)

• activity, cross country skiing (Y93.24)

Applies from Y93 Activity codes

Notes

• Category Y93 is provided for use to indicate the activity of the person seeking healthcare for an injury or health condition, such as a heart attack while shoveling snow, which resulted from, or was contributed to, by the activity. These codes are appropriate for use for both acute injuries, such as those from chapter 19, and conditions that are due to the long-term, cumulative effects of an activity, such as those from chapter 13. They are also appropriate for use with external cause codes for cause and intent if identifying the activity provides additional information on the event. These codes should be used in conjunction with codes for external cause status (Y99) and place of occurrence (Y92).
• This section contains the following broad activity categories:
• Y93.0 Activities involving walking and running
• Y93.1 Activities involving water and water craft
• Y93.2 Activities involving ice and snow
• Y93.3 Activities involving climbing, rappelling, and jumping off
• Y93.4 Activities involving dancing and other rhythmic movement
• Y93.5 Activities involving other sports and athletics played individually
• Y93.6 Activities involving other sports and athletics played as a team or group
• Y93.7 Activities involving other specified sports and athletics
• Y93.A Activities involving other cardiorespiratory exercise
• Y93.B Activities involving other muscle strengthening exercises
• Y93.C Activities involving computer technology and electronic devices
• Y93.D Activities involving arts and handcrafts
• Y93.E Activities involving personal hygiene and interior property and clothing maintenance
• Y93.F Activities involving caregiving
• Y93.G Activities involving food preparation, cooking and grilling
• Y93.H Activities involving exterior property and land maintenance, building and construction
• Y93.I Activities involving roller coasters and other types of external motion
• Y93.J Activities involving playing musical instrument
• Y93.K Activities involving animal care
• Y93.L Other outdoor activity
• Y93.8 Activities, other specified
• Y93.9 Activity, unspecified

Applies from Y93.2 Activities involving ice and snow

Excludes1 (never code together)

• activity, shoveling ice and snow (Y93.H1)

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• E003.2 Activities involving snow (alpine) (downhill) skiing, snow boarding, sledding, tobogganing and snow tubing

Code annotations containing back-references to Y93.23

Back-references to Y93.2

• Type 1 Excludes: Y93.1 Activities involving water and water craft ("activities involving ice (Y93.2-)")
• Type 1 Excludes: Y93.59 Activity, other involving other sports and athletics played individually ("activities involving ice and snow (Y93.2-)")
• Type 1 Excludes: Y93.79 Activity, other specified sports and athletics ("sports and athletics activities specified in categories Y93.0-Y93.6")
• Type 1 Excludes: Y93.A9 Activity, other involving cardiorespiratory exercise ("activities involving cardiorespiratory exercise specified in categories Y93.0-Y93.7")

Back-references to Y93

• Use Additional: M70 Soft tissue disorders related to use, overuse and pressure ("external cause code to identify activity causing disorder (Y93.-)")
• Use Additional: V00 Pedestrian conveyance accident ("place of occurrence and activity external cause codes, if known (Y92.-, Y93.-)")

Diagnosis Index entries for Y93.23

• Activity (involving) (of victim at time of event) › alpine skiing
• Activity (involving) (of victim at time of event) › downhill skiing
• Activity (involving) (of victim at time of event) › skiing (alpine) (downhill)
• Activity (involving) (of victim at time of event) › sledding (snow)
• Activity (involving) (of victim at time of event) › snow NEC › boarding
• Activity (involving) (of victim at time of event) › snow NEC › sledding
• Activity (involving) (of victim at time of event) › snow NEC › tubing
• Activity (involving) (of victim at time of event) › tobogganing
• Activity (involving) (of victim at time of event) › tubing (in calm and turbulent water) › snow

Nearby codes

• Y93.18 Activity, surfing, windsurfing and boogie boarding
• Y93.19 Activity, other involving water and watercraft
• Y93.2 Activities involving ice and snow
• Y93.21 Activity, ice skating
• Y93.22 Activity, ice hockey
• Y93.23 Activity, snow (alpine) (downhill) skiing, snowboarding, sledding, tobogganing and snow tubing (this code)
• Y93.24 Activity, cross country skiing
• Y93.29 Activity, other involving ice and snow
• Y93.3 Activities involving climbing, rappelling and jumping off
• Y93.31 Activity, mountain climbing, rock climbing and wall climbing
• Y93.32 Activity, rappelling