V33
V33 — Occupant of three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
V33 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for occupant of three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van. 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 V33
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Risk adjustment
V33 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 V33
9 child codes. Green means billable.
- V33.0Driver of three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in nontraffic accident
- V33.1Passenger in three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in nontraffic accident
- V33.2Person on outside of three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in nontraffic accident
- V33.3Unspecified occupant of three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in nontraffic accident
- V33.4Person boarding or alighting a three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van
- V33.5Driver of three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in traffic accident
- V33.6Passenger in three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in traffic accident
- V33.7Person on outside of three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in traffic accident
- V33.9Unspecified occupant of three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in traffic accident
Questions about V33
- Is V33 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. V33 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does V33 sit in the tabular list?
- External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99), in the block Occupant of three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in transport accident (V30-V39).