V88
V88 — Nontraffic accident of specified type but victim's mode of transport unknown
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
V88 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for nontraffic accident of specified type but victim's mode of transport unknown. 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 V88
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Risk adjustment
V88 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 V88
10 child codes. Green means billable.
- V88.0Person injured in collision between car and two- or three-wheeled motor vehicle, nontraffic
- V88.1Person injured in collision between other motor vehicle and two- or three-wheeled motor vehicle, nontraffic
- V88.2Person injured in collision between car and pick-up truck or van, nontraffic
- V88.3Person injured in collision between car and bus, nontraffic
- V88.4Person injured in collision between car and heavy transport vehicle, nontraffic
- V88.5Person injured in collision between heavy transport vehicle and bus, nontraffic
- V88.6Person injured in collision between railway train or railway vehicle and car, nontraffic
- V88.7Person injured in collision between other specified motor vehicle, nontraffic
- V88.8Person injured in other specified noncollision transport accidents involving motor vehicle, nontraffic
- V88.9Person injured in other specified (collision)(noncollision) transport accidents involving nonmotor vehicle, nontraffic
Questions about V88
- Is V88 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. V88 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does V88 sit in the tabular list?
- External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99), in the block Other land transport accidents (V80-V89).
- What cannot be coded together with V88?
- V88 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.