V77
V77 — Bus occupant injured in collision with fixed or stationary object
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
V77 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for bus occupant injured in collision with fixed or stationary object. 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 V77
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Risk adjustment
V77 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 V77
9 child codes. Green means billable.
- V77.0Driver of bus injured in collision with fixed or stationary object in nontraffic accident
- V77.1Passenger on bus injured in collision with fixed or stationary object in nontraffic accident
- V77.2Person on outside of bus injured in collision with fixed or stationary object in nontraffic accident
- V77.3Unspecified occupant of bus injured in collision with fixed or stationary object in nontraffic accident
- V77.4Person boarding or alighting from bus injured in collision with fixed or stationary object
- V77.5Driver of bus injured in collision with fixed or stationary object in traffic accident
- V77.6Passenger on bus injured in collision with fixed or stationary object in traffic accident
- V77.7Person on outside of bus injured in collision with fixed or stationary object in traffic accident
- V77.9Unspecified occupant of bus injured in collision with fixed or stationary object in traffic accident
Questions about V77
- Is V77 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. V77 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does V77 sit in the tabular list?
- External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99), in the block Bus occupant injured in transport accident (V70-V79).