V49.19 — Passenger injured in collision with other motor vehicles in nontraffic accident
V49.19 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for passenger injured in collision with other 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 V49
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Risk adjustment
V49.19 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 V49.19 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 V49.19.
- Accident›transport›car occupant›passenger›collision›motor vehicle NOS›specified type NEC›nontraffic
Code to one of these instead V49.19
3 child codes. Green means billable.
- V49.19XAPassenger injured in collision with other motor vehicles in nontraffic accident, initial encounter
- V49.19XDPassenger injured in collision with other motor vehicles in nontraffic accident, subsequent encounter
- V49.19XSPassenger injured in collision with other motor vehicles in nontraffic accident, sequela
Related codes at this level
Codes that share V49.1. If V49.19 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about V49.19
- Is V49.19 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. V49.19 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does V49.19 sit in the tabular list?
- External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99), in the block Car occupant injured in transport accident (V40-V49).