V87.8

V87.8: Person injured in other specified noncollision transport accidents involving motor vehicle (traffic)

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

V87.8 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for person injured in other specified noncollision transport accidents involving motor vehicle (traffic). 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 V87

A: initial encounter
D: subsequent encounter
S: sequela

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above V87.8

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on V87: Traffic accident of specified type but victim's mode of transport unknown

collision involving:
pedal cycle (V10-V19)
pedestrian (V01-V09)

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Accident›traffic›noncollision
Exposure›fire, flames›in, of, on, starting in›motor vehicle(in motion)
Fall, falling›from, off, out of›vehicle NEC›motor NEC

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead V87.8

3 child codes. Green means billable.