V86.71 — Person on outside of ambulance or fire engine injured in nontraffic accident
V86.71 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for person on outside of ambulance or fire engine injured 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 V86
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Risk adjustment
V86.71 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.
How V86.71 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to V86.71.
- Accident›transport›ambulance occupant›nontraffic›hanger-on
Code to one of these instead V86.71
3 child codes. Green means billable.
- V86.71XAPerson on outside of ambulance or fire engine injured in nontraffic accident, initial encounter
- V86.71XDPerson on outside of ambulance or fire engine injured in nontraffic accident, subsequent encounter
- V86.71XSPerson on outside of ambulance or fire engine injured in nontraffic accident, sequela
Related codes at this level
Codes that share V86.7. If V86.71 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- V86.72Person on outside of snowmobile injured in nontraffic accident
- V86.73Person on outside of dune buggy injured in nontraffic accident
- V86.74Person on outside of military vehicle injured in nontraffic accident
- V86.75Person on outside of 3- or 4- wheeled all-terrain vehicle (ATV) injured in nontraffic accident
- V86.76Person on outside of dirt bike or motor/cross bike injured in nontraffic accident
- V86.79Person on outside of other special all-terrain or other off-road motor vehicles injured in nontraffic accident
Questions about V86.71
- Is V86.71 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. V86.71 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does V86.71 sit in the tabular list?
- External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99), in the block Other land transport accidents (V80-V89).