V36 — Occupant of three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in collision with other nonmotor vehicle
V36 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for occupant of three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in collision with other nonmotor vehicle. 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 V36
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Includes
Conditions this code covers.
- collision with animal-drawn vehicle, animal being ridden, streetcar
Other codes that can never be billed with V36
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at V36. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading V36 alone.
- V30Occupant of three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in collision with pedestrian or animal
Risk adjustment
V36 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 V36
9 child codes. Green means billable.
- V36.0Driver of three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in collision with other nonmotor vehicle in nontraffic accident
- V36.1Passenger in three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in collision with other nonmotor vehicle in nontraffic accident
- V36.2Person on outside of three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in collision with other nonmotor vehicle in nontraffic accident
- V36.3Unspecified occupant of three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in collision with other nonmotor vehicle in nontraffic accident
- V36.4Person boarding or alighting a three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in collision with other nonmotor vehicle
- V36.5Driver of three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in collision with other nonmotor vehicle in traffic accident
- V36.6Passenger in three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in collision with other nonmotor vehicle in traffic accident
- V36.7Person on outside of three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in collision with other nonmotor vehicle in traffic accident
- V36.9Unspecified occupant of three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in collision with other nonmotor vehicle in traffic accident
Questions about V36
- Is V36 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. V36 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does V36 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).