V87.9 — Person injured in other specified (collision)(noncollision) transport accidents involving nonmotor vehicle (traffic)
V87.9 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for person injured in other specified (collision)(noncollision) transport accidents involving nonmotor 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
Risk adjustment
V87.9 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.
How V87.9 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 V87.9.
- Accident›traffic(victim's mode of transport NOS)
- Accident›transport›person NEC›nonmotor vehicle(collision) (noncollision) (traffic)
Code to one of these instead V87.9
3 child codes. Green means billable.
- V87.9XXAPerson injured in other specified (collision)(noncollision) transport accidents involving nonmotor vehicle (traffic), initial encounter
- V87.9XXDPerson injured in other specified (collision)(noncollision) transport accidents involving nonmotor vehicle (traffic), subsequent encounter
- V87.9XXSPerson injured in other specified (collision)(noncollision) transport accidents involving nonmotor vehicle (traffic), sequela
Related codes at this level
Codes that share V87. If V87.9 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- V87.0Person injured in collision between car and two- or three-wheeled powered vehicle (traffic)
- V87.1Person injured in collision between other motor vehicle and two- or three-wheeled motor vehicle (traffic)
- V87.2Person injured in collision between car and pick-up truck or van (traffic)
- V87.3Person injured in collision between car and bus (traffic)
- V87.4Person injured in collision between car and heavy transport vehicle (traffic)
- V87.5Person injured in collision between heavy transport vehicle and bus (traffic)
- V87.6Person injured in collision between railway train or railway vehicle and car (traffic)
- V87.7Person injured in collision between other specified motor vehicles (traffic)
- V87.8Person injured in other specified noncollision transport accidents involving motor vehicle (traffic)
Questions about V87.9
- Is V87.9 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. V87.9 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does V87.9 sit in the tabular list?
- External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99), in the block Other land transport accidents (V80-V89).