Is V50.3 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

No. V50.3 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.

Where does V50.3 sit in the tabular list?

External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99), in the block Occupant of pick-up truck or van injured in transport accident (V50-V59).

What cannot be coded together with V50.3?

V50.3 carries Excludes1 notes, which means the conditions they list can never be coded together with it on the same encounter. Some are written on the categories above V50.3 (V50) and apply to it just the same.

V50.3

V50.3 — Unspecified occupant of pick-up truck or van injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in nontraffic accident

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

V50.3 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for unspecified occupant of pick-up truck or van injured in collision with pedestrian or animal 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 V50

A: initial encounter
D: subsequent encounter
S: sequela

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above V50.3

These are not written on V50.3, but they bind it: a note on a category applies to every code beneath it. Billing V50.3 with anything listed here is a denial.

Written on V50 — Occupant of pick-up truck or van injured in collision with pedestrian or animal

pick-up truck or van collision with animal-drawn vehicle or animal being ridden (V56.-)

Risk adjustment

V50.3 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 V50.3 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 V50.3.

Accident›transport›pickup truck occupant›collision›animal›nontraffic
Accident›transport›van occupant›collision›animal›nontraffic

Code history

V50.3 has not changed since FY2024 — no addition, revision or deletion across the three most recent ICD-10-CM releases.

Code to one of these instead V50.3

3 child codes. Green means billable.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share V50. If V50.3 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about V50.3

Is V50.3 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: No. V50.3 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does V50.3 sit in the tabular list?: External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99), in the block Occupant of pick-up truck or van injured in transport accident (V50-V59).
What cannot be coded together with V50.3?: V50.3 carries Excludes1 notes, which means the conditions they list can never be coded together with it on the same encounter. Some are written on the categories above V50.3 (V50) and apply to it just the same.