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V56.9

V56.9: Unspecified occupant of pick-up truck or van injured in collision with other nonmotor vehicle in traffic accident

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

V56.9 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for unspecified occupant of pick-up truck or van injured in collision with other nonmotor vehicle in traffic 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 V56

A
initial encounter
D
subsequent encounter
S
sequela

Other codes that can never be billed with V56.9

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

  • V50Occupant of pick-up truck or van injured in collision with pedestrian or animal

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Accident›transport›pickup truck occupant›collision›animal-drawn vehicle(traffic)
  • Accident›transport›pickup truck occupant›collision›specified vehicle NEC(traffic)
  • Accident›transport›pickup truck occupant›collision›streetcar(traffic)
  • Accident›transport›van occupant›collision›animal-drawn vehicle(traffic)
  • Accident›transport›van occupant›collision›specified vehicle NEC(traffic)
  • Accident›transport›van occupant›collision›streetcar(traffic)
  • Accident›transport›pickup truck occupant›collision›animal›being ridden(traffic)
  • Accident›transport›van occupant›collision›animal›being ridden(traffic)

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead V56.9

3 child codes. Green means billable.

Other codes under V56

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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