V24
V24 — Motorcycle rider injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
V24 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for motorcycle rider injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus. 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 V24
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Excludes1 — never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
- motorcycle rider injured in collision with military vehicle (V29.818)
Risk adjustment
V24 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 V24
7 child codes. Green means billable.
- V24.0Motorcycle driver injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in nontraffic accident
- V24.1Motorcycle passenger injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in nontraffic accident
- V24.2Unspecified motorcycle rider injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in nontraffic accident
- V24.3Person boarding or alighting a motorcycle injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus
- V24.4Motorcycle driver injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in traffic accident
- V24.5Motorcycle passenger injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in traffic accident
- V24.9Unspecified motorcycle rider injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in traffic accident
Questions about V24
- Is V24 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. V24 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does V24 sit in the tabular list?
- External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99), in the block Motorcycle rider injured in transport accident (V20-V29).
- What cannot be coded together with V24?
- V24 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.