V73
V73 — Bus occupant injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
V73 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for bus occupant injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van. 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 V73
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Risk adjustment
V73 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 V73
9 child codes. Green means billable.
- V73.0Driver of bus injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in nontraffic accident
- V73.1Passenger on bus injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in nontraffic accident
- V73.2Person on outside of bus injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in nontraffic accident
- V73.3Unspecified occupant of bus injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in nontraffic accident
- V73.4Person boarding or alighting from bus injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van
- V73.5Driver of bus injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in traffic accident
- V73.6Passenger on bus injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in traffic accident
- V73.7Person on outside of bus injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in traffic accident
- V73.9Unspecified occupant of bus injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in traffic accident
Questions about V73
- Is V73 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. V73 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does V73 sit in the tabular list?
- External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99), in the block Bus occupant injured in transport accident (V70-V79).