Is V29.198 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

No. V29.198 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.

Where does V29.198 sit in the tabular list?

External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99), in the block Motorcycle rider injured in transport accident (V20-V29).

V29.198

V29.198 — Other motorcycle passenger injured in collision with other motor vehicles in nontraffic accident

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

V29.198 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other motorcycle passenger injured in collision with other motor vehicles 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 V29

A: initial encounter
D: subsequent encounter
S: sequela

Risk adjustment

V29.198 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 V29.198 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 V29.198.

Accident›transport›motorcycle›passenger›collision›motor vehicle NOS›specified type NEC›nontraffic

Code to one of these instead V29.198

3 child codes. Green means billable.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share V29.19. If V29.198 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

V29.191Electric (assisted) bicycle passenger injured in collision with other motor vehicles in nontraffic accident

Questions about V29.198

Is V29.198 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: No. V29.198 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does V29.198 sit in the tabular list?: External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99), in the block Motorcycle rider injured in transport accident (V20-V29).