V38
V38 — Occupant of three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in noncollision transport accident
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
V38 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for occupant of three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in noncollision transport 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 V38
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Includes
Conditions this code covers.
- fall or thrown from three-wheeled motor vehicle
- overturning of three-wheeled motor vehicle NOS
- overturning of three-wheeled motor vehicle without collision
Risk adjustment
V38 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 V38
9 child codes. Green means billable.
- V38.0Driver of three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in noncollision transport accident in nontraffic accident
- V38.1Passenger in three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in noncollision transport accident in nontraffic accident
- V38.2Person on outside of three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in noncollision transport accident in nontraffic accident
- V38.3Unspecified occupant of three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in noncollision transport accident in nontraffic accident
- V38.4Person boarding or alighting a three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in noncollision transport accident
- V38.5Driver of three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in noncollision transport accident in traffic accident
- V38.6Passenger in three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in noncollision transport accident in traffic accident
- V38.7Person on outside of three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in noncollision transport accident in traffic accident
- V38.9Unspecified occupant of three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in noncollision transport accident in traffic accident
Questions about V38
- Is V38 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. V38 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does V38 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).