V15
V15 — Pedal cycle rider injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
V15 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for pedal cycle rider injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle. 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 V15
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Risk adjustment
V15 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 V15
7 child codes. Green means billable.
- V15.0Pedal cycle driver injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle in nontraffic accident
- V15.1Pedal cycle passenger injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle in nontraffic accident
- V15.2Unspecified pedal cyclist injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle in nontraffic accident
- V15.3Person boarding or alighting a pedal cycle injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle
- V15.4Pedal cycle driver injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle in traffic accident
- V15.5Pedal cycle passenger injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle in traffic accident
- V15.9Unspecified pedal cyclist injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle in traffic accident
Questions about V15
- Is V15 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. V15 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does V15 sit in the tabular list?
- External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99), in the block Pedal cycle rider injured in transport accident (V10-V19).