V60.6XXS — Passenger in heavy transport vehicle injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in traffic accident, sequela
V60.6XXS is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for passenger in heavy transport vehicle injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in traffic accident, sequela. It is valid for submission on a claim.
7th character "S" — sequela
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V60
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above V60.6XXS
These are not written on V60.6XXS, but they bind it: a note on a category applies to every code beneath it. Billing V60.6XXS with anything listed here is a denial.
Risk adjustment
V60.6XXS 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 history
V60.6XXS has not changed since FY2024 — no addition, revision or deletion across the three most recent ICD-10-CM releases.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share V60.6. If V60.6XXS is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about V60.6XXS
- Is V60.6XXS a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. V60.6XXS is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does V60.6XXS sit in the tabular list?
- External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99), in the block Occupant of heavy transport vehicle injured in transport accident (V60-V69).
- What cannot be coded together with V60.6XXS?
- V60.6XXS 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 V60.6XXS (V60) and apply to it just the same.