V79.0
V79.0 — Driver of bus injured in collision with other and unspecified motor vehicles in nontraffic accident
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
V79.0 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for driver of bus injured in collision with other and unspecified motor vehicles 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 V79
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Risk adjustment
V79.0 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 V79.0
2 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share V79. If V79.0 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- V79.1Passenger on bus injured in collision with other and unspecified motor vehicles in nontraffic accident
- V79.2Unspecified bus occupant injured in collision with other and unspecified motor vehicles in nontraffic accident
- V79.3Bus occupant (driver) (passenger) injured in unspecified nontraffic accident
- V79.4Driver of bus injured in collision with other and unspecified motor vehicles in traffic accident
- V79.5Passenger on bus injured in collision with other and unspecified motor vehicles in traffic accident
- V79.6Unspecified bus occupant injured in collision with other and unspecified motor vehicles in traffic accident
- V79.8Bus occupant (driver) (passenger) injured in other specified transport accidents
- V79.9Bus occupant (driver) (passenger) injured in unspecified traffic accident
Questions about V79.0
- Is V79.0 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. V79.0 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does V79.0 sit in the tabular list?
- External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99), in the block Bus occupant injured in transport accident (V70-V79).