V04.0
V04.0 — Pedestrian injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in nontraffic accident
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
V04.0 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for pedestrian injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in nontraffic accident. 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 V04
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Risk adjustment
V04.0 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 V04.0
5 child codes. Green means billable.
- V04.00Pedestrian on foot injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in nontraffic accident
- V04.01Pedestrian on roller-skates injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in nontraffic accident
- V04.02Pedestrian on skateboard injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in nontraffic accident
- V04.03Pedestrian on standing micro-mobility pedestrian conveyance injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in nontraffic accident
- V04.09Pedestrian with other conveyance injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in nontraffic accident
Related codes at this level
Codes that share V04. If V04.0 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about V04.0
- Is V04.0 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. V04.0 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does V04.0 sit in the tabular list?
- External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99), in the block Pedestrian injured in transport accident (V00-V09).