V63
V63 — Occupant of heavy transport vehicle injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
V63 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for occupant of heavy transport vehicle injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van. 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 V63
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Risk adjustment
V63 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 V63
9 child codes. Green means billable.
- V63.0Driver of heavy transport vehicle injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in nontraffic accident
- V63.1Passenger in heavy transport vehicle injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in nontraffic accident
- V63.2Person on outside of heavy transport vehicle injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in nontraffic accident
- V63.3Unspecified occupant of heavy transport vehicle injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in nontraffic accident
- V63.4Person boarding or alighting a heavy transport vehicle injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van
- V63.5Driver of heavy transport vehicle injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in traffic accident
- V63.6Passenger in heavy transport vehicle injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in traffic accident
- V63.7Person on outside of heavy transport vehicle injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in traffic accident
- V63.9Unspecified occupant of heavy transport vehicle injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in traffic accident
Questions about V63
- Is V63 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. V63 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does V63 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).