Y32
Y32 — Crashing of motor vehicle, undetermined intent
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
Y32 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for crashing of motor vehicle, undetermined intent. 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 code Y32
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Risk adjustment
Y32 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 Y32 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 Y32.
- Undetermined intent›automobile collision
- Undetermined intent›motor vehicle crash
Code to one of these instead Y32
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Questions about Y32
- Is Y32 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. Y32 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does Y32 sit in the tabular list?
- External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99), in the block Event of undetermined intent (Y21-Y33).