V56 — Occupant of pick-up truck or van injured in collision with other nonmotor vehicle
V56 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for occupant of pick-up truck or van 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 V56
- 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 V56
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at V56. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading V56 alone.
- V50Occupant of pick-up truck or van injured in collision with pedestrian or animal
Risk adjustment
V56 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 V56
9 child codes. Green means billable.
- V56.0Driver of pick-up truck or van injured in collision with other nonmotor vehicle in nontraffic accident
- V56.1Passenger in pick-up truck or van injured in collision with other nonmotor vehicle in nontraffic accident
- V56.2Person on outside of pick-up truck or van injured in collision with other nonmotor vehicle in nontraffic accident
- V56.3Unspecified occupant of pick-up truck or van injured in collision with other nonmotor vehicle in nontraffic accident
- V56.4Person boarding or alighting a pick-up truck or van injured in collision with other nonmotor vehicle
- V56.5Driver of pick-up truck or van injured in collision with other nonmotor vehicle in traffic accident
- V56.6Passenger in pick-up truck or van injured in collision with other nonmotor vehicle in traffic accident
- V56.7Person on outside of pick-up truck or van injured in collision with other nonmotor vehicle in traffic accident
- V56.9Unspecified occupant of pick-up truck or van injured in collision with other nonmotor vehicle in traffic accident
Questions about V56
- Is V56 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. V56 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does V56 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).