V64.2 — Person on outside of heavy transport vehicle injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in nontraffic accident
V64.2 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for person on outside of heavy transport vehicle injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in nontraffic 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 V64
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Risk adjustment
V64.2 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 V64.2 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 V64.2.
- Accident›transport›truck occupant›hanger-on›collision›bus›nontraffic
- Accident›transport›truck occupant›hanger-on›collision›truck›nontraffic
Code to one of these instead V64.2
3 child codes. Green means billable.
- V64.2XXAPerson on outside of heavy transport vehicle injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in nontraffic accident, initial encounter
- V64.2XXDPerson on outside of heavy transport vehicle injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in nontraffic accident, subsequent encounter
- V64.2XXSPerson on outside of heavy transport vehicle injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in nontraffic accident, sequela
Related codes at this level
Codes that share V64. If V64.2 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- V64.0Driver of heavy transport vehicle injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in nontraffic accident
- V64.1Passenger in heavy transport vehicle injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in nontraffic accident
- V64.3Unspecified occupant of heavy transport vehicle injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in nontraffic accident
- V64.4Person boarding or alighting a heavy transport vehicle injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus while boarding or alighting
- V64.5Driver of heavy transport vehicle injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in traffic accident
- V64.6Passenger in heavy transport vehicle injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in traffic accident
- V64.7Person on outside of heavy transport vehicle injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in traffic accident
- V64.9Unspecified occupant of heavy transport vehicle injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in traffic accident
Questions about V64.2
- Is V64.2 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. V64.2 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does V64.2 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).