V39.1
V39.1 — Passenger in three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in collision with other and unspecified motor vehicles in nontraffic accident
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
V39.1 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for passenger in three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in collision with other and unspecified motor vehicles in nontraffic 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 V39
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Risk adjustment
V39.1 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 V39.1
2 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share V39. If V39.1 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- V39.0Driver of three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in collision with other and unspecified motor vehicles in nontraffic accident
- V39.2Unspecified occupant of three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in collision with other and unspecified motor vehicles in nontraffic accident
- V39.3Occupant (driver) (passenger) of three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in unspecified nontraffic accident
- V39.4Driver of three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in collision with other and unspecified motor vehicles in traffic accident
- V39.5Passenger in three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in collision with other and unspecified motor vehicles in traffic accident
- V39.6Unspecified occupant of three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in collision with other and unspecified motor vehicles in traffic accident
- V39.8Occupant (driver) (passenger) of three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in other specified transport accidents
- V39.9Occupant (driver) (passenger) of three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in unspecified traffic accident
Questions about V39.1
- Is V39.1 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. V39.1 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does V39.1 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).