V29
V29 — Motorcycle rider injured in other and unspecified transport accidents
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
V29 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for motorcycle rider injured in other and unspecified transport accidents. 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 V29
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Other codes that can never be billed with V29
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at V29. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading V29 alone.
Risk adjustment
V29 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 V29
9 child codes. Green means billable.
- V29.0Motorcycle driver injured in collision with other and unspecified motor vehicles in nontraffic accident
- V29.1Motorcycle passenger injured in collision with other and unspecified motor vehicles in nontraffic accident
- V29.2Unspecified motorcycle rider injured in collision with other and unspecified motor vehicles in nontraffic accident
- V29.3Motorcycle rider (driver) (passenger) injured in unspecified nontraffic accident
- V29.4Motorcycle driver injured in collision with other and unspecified motor vehicles in traffic accident
- V29.5Motorcycle passenger injured in collision with other and unspecified motor vehicles in traffic accident
- V29.6Unspecified motorcycle rider injured in collision with other and unspecified motor vehicles in traffic accident
- V29.8Motorcycle rider (driver) (passenger) injured in other specified transport accidents
- V29.9Motorcycle rider (driver) (passenger) injured in unspecified traffic accident
Questions about V29
- Is V29 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. V29 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does V29 sit in the tabular list?
- External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99), in the block Motorcycle rider injured in transport accident (V20-V29).