In simple words: This code describes a situation where a person experienced a subsequent encounter for drowning or submersion after falling or jumping from a burning passenger ship.

Drowning and submersion due to falling or jumping from a burning passenger ship, subsequent encounter. This code should be used as a secondary code to a code from another chapter indicating the nature of the condition, most often from Chapter 19, Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88).

Example 1: A patient was previously treated for drowning after jumping from a burning passenger ship and is now experiencing complications due to the initial event. The patient is being seen for follow-up care related to the drowning incident., A patient who fell from a burning passenger ship and nearly drowned is now receiving respiratory therapy due to lung damage caused by the near-drowning incident. This is a subsequent encounter related to the initial drowning event., A patient was rescued from a burning passenger ship and experienced subsequent near-drowning. After initial treatment and discharge, the patient is readmitted with pneumonia due to aspiration of water during the event. This represents a subsequent encounter.

Documentation should clearly indicate that the drowning or submersion was a result of falling or jumping from a burning passenger ship and that this is a subsequent encounter for the incident. The documentation should also support the nature of the condition being treated and any related complications.