V00.0 — Pedestrian on foot injured in collision with pedestrian conveyance
V00.0 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for pedestrian on foot injured in collision with pedestrian conveyance. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below. This code also requires a 7th character before it is complete.
This code requires a 7th character
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V00
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Other codes that can never be billed with V00.0
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at V00.0. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading V00.0 alone.
- V06Pedestrian injured in collision with other nonmotor vehicle
Risk adjustment
V00.0 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead V00.0
4 child codes. Green means billable.
- V00.01Pedestrian on foot injured in collision with roller-skater
- V00.02Pedestrian on foot injured in collision with skateboarder
- V00.03Pedestrian on foot injured in collision with standing micro-mobility pedestrian conveyance
- V00.09Pedestrian on foot injured in collision with other pedestrian conveyance
Related codes at this level
Codes that share V00. If V00.0 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about V00.0
- Is V00.0 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. V00.0 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does V00.0 sit in the tabular list?
- External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99), in the block Pedestrian injured in transport accident (V00-V09).