V21.19 — Other motorcycle passenger injured in collision with pedal cycle in nontraffic accident
V21.19 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other motorcycle passenger injured in collision with pedal cycle 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 V21
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Risk adjustment
V21.19 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 V21.19 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 V21.19.
- Accident›transport›motorcycle›passenger›collision›pedal cycle›nontraffic
Code to one of these instead V21.19
3 child codes. Green means billable.
- V21.19XAOther motorcycle passenger injured in collision with pedal cycle in nontraffic accident, initial encounter
- V21.19XDOther motorcycle passenger injured in collision with pedal cycle in nontraffic accident, subsequent encounter
- V21.19XSOther motorcycle passenger injured in collision with pedal cycle in nontraffic accident, sequela
Related codes at this level
Codes that share V21.1. If V21.19 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about V21.19
- Is V21.19 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. V21.19 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does V21.19 sit in the tabular list?
- External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99), in the block Motorcycle rider injured in transport accident (V20-V29).