V68
V68 — Occupant of heavy transport vehicle injured in noncollision transport accident
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
V68 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for occupant of heavy transport vehicle injured in noncollision transport 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 V68
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Includes
Conditions this code covers.
- overturning heavy transport vehicle NOS
- overturning heavy transport vehicle without collision
Risk adjustment
V68 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 V68
9 child codes. Green means billable.
- V68.0Driver of heavy transport vehicle injured in noncollision transport accident in nontraffic accident
- V68.1Passenger in heavy transport vehicle injured in noncollision transport accident in nontraffic accident
- V68.2Person on outside of heavy transport vehicle injured in noncollision transport accident in nontraffic accident
- V68.3Unspecified occupant of heavy transport vehicle injured in noncollision transport accident in nontraffic accident
- V68.4Person boarding or alighting a heavy transport vehicle injured in noncollision transport accident
- V68.5Driver of heavy transport vehicle injured in noncollision transport accident in traffic accident
- V68.6Passenger in heavy transport vehicle injured in noncollision transport accident in traffic accident
- V68.7Person on outside of heavy transport vehicle injured in noncollision transport accident in traffic accident
- V68.9Unspecified occupant of heavy transport vehicle injured in noncollision transport accident in traffic accident
Questions about V68
- Is V68 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. V68 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does V68 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).