V56.4 — Person boarding or alighting a pick-up truck or van injured in collision with other nonmotor vehicle
V56.4 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for person boarding or alighting a 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
Risk adjustment
V56.4 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 V56.4 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 V56.4.
- Accident›transport›pickup truck occupant›collision›animal-drawn vehicle›while boarding or alighting
- Accident›transport›pickup truck occupant›collision›specified vehicle NEC›while boarding or alighting
- Accident›transport›pickup truck occupant›collision›streetcar›while boarding or alighting
- Accident›transport›van occupant›collision›animal-drawn vehicle›while boarding or alighting
- Accident›transport›van occupant›collision›specified vehicle NEC›while boarding or alighting
- Accident›transport›van occupant›collision›streetcar›while boarding or alighting
- Accident›transport›pickup truck occupant›collision›animal›being ridden›while boarding or alighting
- Accident›transport›van occupant›collision›animal›being ridden›while boarding or alighting
Code to one of these instead V56.4
3 child codes. Green means billable.
- V56.4XXAPerson boarding or alighting a pick-up truck or van injured in collision with other nonmotor vehicle, initial encounter
- V56.4XXDPerson boarding or alighting a pick-up truck or van injured in collision with other nonmotor vehicle, subsequent encounter
- V56.4XXSPerson boarding or alighting a pick-up truck or van injured in collision with other nonmotor vehicle, sequela
Related codes at this level
Codes that share V56. If V56.4 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- 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
- V56.5Driver 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 V56.4
- Is V56.4 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. V56.4 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does V56.4 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).