V34
V34 — Occupant of three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
V34 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for occupant of three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus. 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 V34
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Excludes1 — never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
- occupant of three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in collision with military vehicle (V39.81)
Risk adjustment
V34 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 V34
9 child codes. Green means billable.
- V34.0Driver of three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in nontraffic accident
- V34.1Passenger in three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in nontraffic accident
- V34.2Person on outside of three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in nontraffic accident
- V34.3Unspecified occupant of three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in nontraffic accident
- V34.4Person boarding or alighting a three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus
- V34.5Driver of three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in traffic accident
- V34.6Passenger in three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in traffic accident
- V34.7Person on outside of three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in traffic accident
- V34.9Unspecified occupant of three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in traffic accident
Questions about V34
- Is V34 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. V34 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does V34 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).
- What cannot be coded together with V34?
- V34 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.