V05.90XA
V05.90XA — Pedestrian on foot injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle, unspecified whether traffic or nontraffic accident, initial encounter
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exemptunspecified
V05.90XA is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for pedestrian on foot injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle, unspecified whether traffic or nontraffic accident, initial encounter. It is valid for submission on a claim.
7th character "A" — initial encounter
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V05
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Pedestrian NOS injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle, unspecified whether traffic or nontraffic accident
Risk adjustment
V05.90XA 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.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share V05.90. If V05.90XA is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- V05.90XDPedestrian on foot injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle, unspecified whether traffic or nontraffic accident, subsequent encounter
- V05.90XSPedestrian on foot injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle, unspecified whether traffic or nontraffic accident, sequela
Questions about V05.90XA
- Is V05.90XA a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. V05.90XA is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does V05.90XA sit in the tabular list?
- External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99), in the block Pedestrian injured in transport accident (V00-V09).