V80.9 — Animal-rider or occupant of animal-drawn vehicle injured in other and unspecified transport accidents
V80.9 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for animal-rider or occupant of animal-drawn vehicle injured in other and unspecified transport accidents. 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 V80
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Other codes that can never be billed with V80.9
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at V80.9. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading V80.9 alone.
- V80.4Animal-rider or occupant of animal-drawn vehicle injured in collision with car, pick-up truck, van, heavy transport vehicle or bus
Risk adjustment
V80.9 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 V80.9
2 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share V80. If V80.9 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- V80.0Animal-rider or occupant of animal drawn vehicle injured by fall from or being thrown from animal or animal-drawn vehicle in noncollision accident
- V80.1Animal-rider or occupant of animal-drawn vehicle injured in collision with pedestrian or animal
- V80.2Animal-rider or occupant of animal-drawn vehicle injured in collision with pedal cycle
- V80.3Animal-rider or occupant of animal-drawn vehicle injured in collision with two- or three-wheeled motor vehicle
- V80.4Animal-rider or occupant of animal-drawn vehicle injured in collision with car, pick-up truck, van, heavy transport vehicle or bus
- V80.5Animal-rider or occupant of animal-drawn vehicle injured in collision with other specified motor vehicle
- V80.6Animal-rider or occupant of animal-drawn vehicle injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle
- V80.7Animal-rider or occupant of animal-drawn vehicle injured in collision with other nonmotor vehicles
- V80.8Animal-rider or occupant of animal-drawn vehicle injured in collision with fixed or stationary object
Questions about V80.9
- Is V80.9 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. V80.9 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does V80.9 sit in the tabular list?
- External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99), in the block Other land transport accidents (V80-V89).