V34.0XXA — Driver of three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in nontraffic accident, initial encounter
V34.0XXA is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for driver of three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in nontraffic accident, initial encounter. It is valid for submission on a claim.
7th character "A" — initial encounter
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V34
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above V34.0XXA
These are not written on V34.0XXA, but they bind it: a note on a category applies to every code beneath it. Billing V34.0XXA with anything listed here is a denial.
Risk adjustment
V34.0XXA 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 history
V34.0XXA has not changed since FY2024 — no addition, revision or deletion across the three most recent ICD-10-CM releases.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share V34.0. If V34.0XXA is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about V34.0XXA
- Is V34.0XXA a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. V34.0XXA is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does V34.0XXA 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 V34.0XXA?
- V34.0XXA carries Excludes1 notes, which means the conditions they list can never be coded together with it on the same encounter. Some are written on the categories above V34.0XXA (V34) and apply to it just the same.