V97
V97 — Other specified air transport accidents
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
V97 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other specified air transport accidents. 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 V97
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Other codes that can never be billed with V97
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at V97. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading V97 alone.
- V97.0Occupant of aircraft injured in other specified air transport accidents
- V97.0XXAOccupant of aircraft injured in other specified air transport accidents, initial encounter
- V97.0XXDOccupant of aircraft injured in other specified air transport accidents, subsequent encounter
- V97.0XXSOccupant of aircraft injured in other specified air transport accidents, sequela
- Y37Military operations
Risk adjustment
V97 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 V97
5 child codes. Green means billable.
Questions about V97
- Is V97 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. V97 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does V97 sit in the tabular list?
- External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99), in the block Air and space transport accidents (V95-V97).