Table 1.
ICD-10 classifications related to drowning deaths6
| Code | Heading |
| V90 | Accident to watercraft causing drowning and submersion |
| Incl.: drowning and submersion due to: boat (overturning, sinking), falling or jumping (from burning ship, crushed watercraft), other accident to watercraft | |
| Excl.: water-transport-related drowning or submersion without accident to watercraft (V92) | |
| V92 | Water-transport-related drowning and submersion without accident to watercraft |
| Incl.: drowning and submersion as a result of an accident, such as: fall (from gangplank, from ship, overboard), thrown overboard by motion of ship, washed overboard | |
| Excl.: drowning or submersion of swimmer or diver who voluntarily jumps from boat not involved in an accident (W69, W73) | |
| W65 | Drowning and submersion while in bath-tub |
| W66 | Drowning and submersion following fall into bath-tub |
| W67 | Drowning and submersion while in swimming-pool |
| W68 | Drowning and submersion following fall into swimming-pool |
| W69 | Drowning and submersion while in natural water |
| Incl.: lake, open sea, river, stream | |
| W70 | Drowning and submersion following fall into natural water |
| W73 | Other specified drowning and submersion |
| Incl.: quenching tank, reservoir | |
| W74 | Unspecified drowning and submersion |
| Incl.: drowning NOS, fall into water NOS | |
| X36 | Victim of avalanche, landslide and other earth movements |
| Incl.: mudslide of cataclysmic nature | |
| Excl.: earthquake (X34), transport accident involving collision with avalanche or landslide not in motion (V01-V99) | |
| X37 | Victim of cataclysmic storm |
| Incl.: blizzard, cloudburst, cyclone, hurricane, tidal wave caused by storm, tornado, torrential rain, transport vehicle washed off road by storm | |
| Excl.: collapse of dam or man-made structure causing earth movement (X36), transport accident occurring after storm (V01-V99) | |
| X38 | Victim of flood |
| Incl.: flood (arising from remote storm, of cataclysmic nature arising from melting snow, resulting directly from storm) | |
| Excl.: collapse of dam or man-made structure causing earth movement (X36), tidal wave (NOS (X39), caused by storm (X37)) | |
| X39 | Exposure to other and unspecified forces of nature |
| Incl.: natural radiation NOS, tidal wave NOS | |
| Excl.: exposure NOS (X59.9), tsunami (X34.1) | |
| X71 | Intentional self-harm by drowning and submersion |
| X92 | Assault by drowning and submersion |
| Y21 | Drowning and submersion, undetermined intent |
ICD-10, International Classification of Diseases 10th revision; NOS, not otherwise specified.