V69.4
V69.4 — Driver of heavy transport vehicle injured in collision with other and unspecified motor vehicles in traffic accident
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
V69.4 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for driver of heavy transport vehicle injured in collision with other and unspecified motor vehicles in traffic 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 V69
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Risk adjustment
V69.4 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 V69.4
2 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share V69. If V69.4 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- V69.0Driver of heavy transport vehicle injured in collision with other and unspecified motor vehicles in nontraffic accident
- V69.1Passenger in heavy transport vehicle injured in collision with other and unspecified motor vehicles in nontraffic accident
- V69.2Unspecified occupant of heavy transport vehicle injured in collision with other and unspecified motor vehicles in nontraffic accident
- V69.3Occupant (driver) (passenger) of heavy transport vehicle injured in unspecified nontraffic accident
- V69.5Passenger in heavy transport vehicle injured in collision with other and unspecified motor vehicles in traffic accident
- V69.6Unspecified occupant of heavy transport vehicle injured in collision with other and unspecified motor vehicles in traffic accident
- V69.8Occupant (driver) (passenger) of heavy transport vehicle injured in other specified transport accidents
- V69.9Occupant (driver) (passenger) of heavy transport vehicle injured in unspecified traffic accident
Questions about V69.4
- Is V69.4 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. V69.4 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does V69.4 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).