Is V70 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

No. V70 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.

Where does V70 sit in the tabular list?

External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99), in the block Bus occupant injured in transport accident (V70-V79).

What cannot be coded together with V70?

V70 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.

V70

V70 — Bus occupant injured in collision with pedestrian or animal

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

V70 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for bus occupant injured in collision with pedestrian or animal. 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 V70

A: initial encounter
D: subsequent encounter
S: sequela

Excludes1 — never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

bus collision with animal-drawn vehicle or animal being ridden (V76.-)

Other codes that can never be billed with V70

These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at V70. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading V70 alone.

V82Occupant of powered streetcar injured in transport accident

Risk adjustment

V70 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 V70

9 child codes. Green means billable.

Questions about V70

Is V70 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: No. V70 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does V70 sit in the tabular list?: External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99), in the block Bus occupant injured in transport accident (V70-V79).
What cannot be coded together with V70?: V70 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.