V05.938A
V05.938A — Pedestrian on other standing micro-mobility pedestrian conveyance injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle, unspecified whether traffic or nontraffic accident, initial encounter
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt
V05.938A is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for pedestrian on other standing micro-mobility pedestrian conveyance 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 on hoverboard injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle, unspecified whether traffic or nontraffic accident
- Pedestrian on segway injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle, unspecified whether traffic or nontraffic accident
Risk adjustment
V05.938A 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 V05.938. If V05.938A is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- V05.938DPedestrian on other standing micro-mobility pedestrian conveyance injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle, unspecified whether traffic or nontraffic accident, subsequent encounter
- V05.938SPedestrian on other standing micro-mobility pedestrian conveyance injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle, unspecified whether traffic or nontraffic accident, sequela
Questions about V05.938A
- Is V05.938A a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. V05.938A is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does V05.938A sit in the tabular list?
- External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99), in the block Pedestrian injured in transport accident (V00-V09).