V29.6
V29.6 — Unspecified motorcycle rider injured in collision with other and unspecified motor vehicles in traffic accident
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
V29.6 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for unspecified motorcycle rider injured in collision with other and unspecified motor vehicles 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 V29
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Risk adjustment
V29.6 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 V29.6
2 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share V29. If V29.6 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- 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
- V29.8Motorcycle rider (driver) (passenger) injured in other specified transport accidents
- V29.9Motorcycle rider (driver) (passenger) injured in unspecified traffic accident
Questions about V29.6
- Is V29.6 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. V29.6 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does V29.6 sit in the tabular list?
- External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99), in the block Motorcycle rider injured in transport accident (V20-V29).