V24.59 — Other motorcycle passenger injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in traffic accident
V24.59 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other motorcycle passenger injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus 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 V24
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Risk adjustment
V24.59 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 V24.59 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 V24.59.
- Accident›transport›motorcycle›passenger›collision›bus(traffic)
- Accident›transport›motorcycle›passenger›collision›truck(traffic)
Code to one of these instead V24.59
3 child codes. Green means billable.
- V24.59XAOther motorcycle passenger injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in traffic accident, initial encounter
- V24.59XDOther motorcycle passenger injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in traffic accident, subsequent encounter
- V24.59XSOther motorcycle passenger injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in traffic accident, sequela
Related codes at this level
Codes that share V24.5. If V24.59 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about V24.59
- Is V24.59 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. V24.59 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does V24.59 sit in the tabular list?
- External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99), in the block Motorcycle rider injured in transport accident (V20-V29).