V96.0
V96.0 — Balloon accident injuring occupant
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
V96.0 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for balloon accident injuring occupant. 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 V96
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Risk adjustment
V96.0 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 V96.0
7 child codes. Green means billable.
- V96.00Unspecified balloon accident injuring occupant
- V96.01Balloon crash injuring occupant
- V96.02Forced landing of balloon injuring occupant
- V96.03Balloon collision injuring occupant
- V96.04Balloon fire injuring occupant
- V96.05Balloon explosion injuring occupant
- V96.09Other balloon accident injuring occupant
Related codes at this level
Codes that share V96. If V96.0 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about V96.0
- Is V96.0 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. V96.0 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does V96.0 sit in the tabular list?
- External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99), in the block Air and space transport accidents (V95-V97).