V23.4
V23.4 — Motorcycle driver injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in traffic accident
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
V23.4 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for motorcycle driver injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in traffic 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 V23
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Risk adjustment
V23.4 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 V23.4
2 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share V23. If V23.4 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- V23.0Motorcycle driver injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in nontraffic accident
- V23.1Motorcycle passenger injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in nontraffic accident
- V23.2Unspecified motorcycle rider injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in nontraffic accident
- V23.3Person boarding or alighting a motorcycle injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van
- V23.5Motorcycle passenger injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in traffic accident
- V23.9Unspecified motorcycle rider injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in traffic accident
Questions about V23.4
- Is V23.4 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. V23.4 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does V23.4 sit in the tabular list?
- External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99), in the block Motorcycle rider injured in transport accident (V20-V29).