Is V46 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

No. V46 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.

Where does V46 sit in the tabular list?

External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99), in the block Car occupant injured in transport accident (V40-V49).

V46

V46 — Car occupant injured in collision with other nonmotor vehicle

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

V46 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for car occupant 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 V46

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 V46

These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at V46. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading V46 alone.

V40Car occupant injured in collision with pedestrian or animal

Risk adjustment

V46 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 V46

9 child codes. Green means billable.

Questions about V46

Is V46 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: No. V46 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does V46 sit in the tabular list?: External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99), in the block Car occupant injured in transport accident (V40-V49).