Is V97.0 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

No. V97.0 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.

Where does V97.0 sit in the tabular list?

External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99), in the block Air and space transport accidents (V95-V97).

What cannot be coded together with V97.0?

V97.0 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.

V97.0

V97.0 — Occupant of aircraft injured in other specified air transport accidents

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

V97.0 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for occupant of aircraft injured in 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

Excludes1 — never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

accident while boarding or alighting aircraft (V97.1)

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Fall in, on or from aircraft in air transport accident

Risk adjustment

V97.0 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.

How V97.0 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 V97.0.

Fall, falling›from, off, out of›aircraft NEC(with accident to aircraft NEC)
Fall, falling›in, on›aircraft NEC
Fall, falling›in, on›aircraft NEC›with accident to aircraft
Accident›transport›aircraft NEC›occupant injured›specified accident NEC
Accident›transport›aircraft NEC›person›falling from, in or on aircraft

Code to one of these instead V97.0

3 child codes. Green means billable.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share V97. If V97.0 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about V97.0

Is V97.0 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: No. V97.0 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does V97.0 sit in the tabular list?: External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99), in the block Air and space transport accidents (V95-V97).
What cannot be coded together with V97.0?: V97.0 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.