V96.20 — Unspecified glider (nonpowered) accident injuring occupant
V96.20 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for unspecified glider (nonpowered) 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
V96.20 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 V96.20 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 V96.20.
- Accident›transport›occupant›glider(unpowered)
- Accident›transport›occupant›glider NEC(unpowered)
- Accident›transport›aircraft NEC›occupant injured›nonpowered craft accident›glider
Code to one of these instead V96.20
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share V96.2. If V96.20 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- V96.21Glider (nonpowered) crash injuring occupant
- V96.22Forced landing of glider (nonpowered) injuring occupant
- V96.23Glider (nonpowered) collision injuring occupant
- V96.24Glider (nonpowered) fire injuring occupant
- V96.25Glider (nonpowered) explosion injuring occupant
- V96.29Other glider (nonpowered) accident injuring occupant
Questions about V96.20
- Is V96.20 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. V96.20 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does V96.20 sit in the tabular list?
- External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99), in the block Air and space transport accidents (V95-V97).