Is V20.31 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

No. V20.31 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.

Where does V20.31 sit in the tabular list?

External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99), in the block Motorcycle rider injured in transport accident (V20-V29).

V20.31

V20.31 — Person boarding or alighting an electric (assisted) bicycle injured in collision with pedestrian or animal

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

V20.31 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for person boarding or alighting an electric (assisted) bicycle injured in collision with pedestrian or animal. 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 V20

A: initial encounter
D: subsequent encounter
S: sequela

Risk adjustment

V20.31 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.

How V20.31 is indexed

Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to V20.31.

Accident›transport›electric bicyclist›collision›animal›while boarding or alighting
Accident›transport›electric bicyclist›collision›pedestrian›while boarding or alighting

Code to one of these instead V20.31

3 child codes. Green means billable.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share V20.3. If V20.31 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

V20.39Person boarding or alighting other motorcycle injured in collision with pedestrian or animal

Questions about V20.31

Is V20.31 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: No. V20.31 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does V20.31 sit in the tabular list?: External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99), in the block Motorcycle rider injured in transport accident (V20-V29).