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V00.038A vs W03

V00.038A (Pedestrian on foot injured in collision with rider of other standing micro-mobility pedestrian conveyance, initial encounter) compared with W03 (Other fall on same level due to collision with another person), from the official CMS tabular data. Do not report these codes together: the official tabular list marks them Excludes1.

Can these codes be reported together?

No — do not report together. V00.038A carries an Excludes1 note covering W03: “fall due to person on foot colliding with another person on foot (W03)”

Sole exception: when the two conditions are documented as unrelated to each other (ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines, Section I.A.12.a).

No — do not report together. V00.038A carries an Excludes1 note covering W03: “fall due to non-transport collision with other person (W03)”

Sole exception: when the two conditions are documented as unrelated to each other (ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines, Section I.A.12.a).

No — do not report together. W03 carries an Excludes1 note covering V00.038A: “fall involving pedestrian conveyance (V00-V09)”

Sole exception: when the two conditions are documented as unrelated to each other (ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines, Section I.A.12.a).

Side by side

V00.038APedestrian on foot injured in collision with rider of other standing micro-mobility pedestrian conveyance, initial encounterW03Other fall on same level due to collision with another person
Billing statusBillableNon-billable header

Report instead: W03.XXXA, W03.XXXD, W03.XXXS

ClassificationV00-Y99 — External Causes of Morbidity (V00-Y99)V00-Y99 — External Causes of Morbidity (V00-Y99)
DefinitionPedestrian on foot injured in collision with rider of other standing micro-mobility pedestrian conveyance, initial encounter is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (V00.038A).Other fall on same level due to collision with another person is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (W03).
7th characterThe appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V00The appropriate 7th character is to be added to code W03
Includes
person changing tire on transport vehicle
person examining engine of vehicle broken down in (on side of) road
Pedestrian on foot injured in collision with rider of hoverboard
Pedestrian on foot injured in collision with rider of segway
Fall due to non-transport collision with other person
Use additional code
place of occurrence and activity external cause codes, if known (Y92.-, Y93.-)

Derived from the official CMS ICD-10-CM tabular data (FY2026). Not billing advice; verify sequencing rules for the encounter. All data sources