V70.3

V70.3: Unspecified occupant of bus injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in nontraffic accident

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

V70.3 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for unspecified occupant of bus injured in collision with pedestrian or animal 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 V70

A: initial encounter
D: subsequent encounter
S: sequela

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above V70.3

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on V70: Bus occupant injured in collision with pedestrian or animal

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

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Accident›transport›bus occupant›collision›animal›nontraffic

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead V70.3

3 child codes. Green means billable.