Is V48.3 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

No. V48.3 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.

Where does V48.3 sit in the tabular list?

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

V48.3

V48.3 — Unspecified car occupant injured in noncollision transport accident in nontraffic accident

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

V48.3 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for unspecified car occupant injured in noncollision transport accident 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 V48

A: initial encounter
D: subsequent encounter
S: sequela

Risk adjustment

V48.3 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.

How V48.3 is indexed

Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to V48.3.

Accident›transport›car occupant›noncollision accident›nontraffic

Code to one of these instead V48.3

3 child codes. Green means billable.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share V48. If V48.3 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about V48.3

Is V48.3 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: No. V48.3 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does V48.3 sit in the tabular list?: External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99), in the block Car occupant injured in transport accident (V40-V49).