V59 — Occupant of pick-up truck or van injured in other and unspecified transport accidents
V59 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for occupant of pick-up truck or van injured in other and unspecified transport accidents. 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 V59
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Other codes that can never be billed with V59
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at V59. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading V59 alone.
Risk adjustment
V59 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 V59
9 child codes. Green means billable.
- V59.0Driver of pick-up truck or van injured in collision with other and unspecified motor vehicles in nontraffic accident
- V59.1Passenger in pick-up truck or van injured in collision with other and unspecified motor vehicles in nontraffic accident
- V59.2Unspecified occupant of pick-up truck or van injured in collision with other and unspecified motor vehicles in nontraffic accident
- V59.3Occupant (driver) (passenger) of pick-up truck or van injured in unspecified nontraffic accident
- V59.4Driver of pick-up truck or van injured in collision with other and unspecified motor vehicles in traffic accident
- V59.5Passenger in pick-up truck or van injured in collision with other and unspecified motor vehicles in traffic accident
- V59.6Unspecified occupant of pick-up truck or van injured in collision with other and unspecified motor vehicles in traffic accident
- V59.8Occupant (driver) (passenger) of pick-up truck or van injured in other specified transport accidents
- V59.9Occupant (driver) (passenger) of pick-up truck or van injured in unspecified traffic accident
Questions about V59
- Is V59 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. V59 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does V59 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).