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V00.188A vs V00.83

V00.188A (Other accident on other rolling-type pedestrian conveyance, initial encounter) compared with V00.83 (Accident with motorized mobility scooter), from the official CMS tabular data.

Current data releases:ICD-10-CM FY2027 · ICD-10-PCS FY2027 · HCPCS October 2026 · MS-DRG v44 · Medicare Code Editor v44.0 · NCCI PTP Q4 2026 · MUE Q4 2026 · NCD code lists 2026-01 · LCD export September 28, 2026 · All releases and sources

Summary

These codes should not be reported together because V00.188A’s tabular entry lists V00.83 under Excludes1.

Official rule
What is different?

The conditions named and billing status.V00.188A is “Other accident on other rolling-type pedestrian conveyance, initial encounter”; V00.83 is “Accident with motorized mobility scooter”. V00.83 is a non-billable header; V00.188A is billable.

Registry fact

Can these codes be reported together?

No.V00.188A’s entry carries an Excludes1 note covering V00.83: “accident with motorized mobility scooter (V00.83-)”. Both may be reported only when the documentation shows the two conditions are unrelated to each other (ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines, Section I.A.12.a).

Official ruleGuide: Excludes1 vs Excludes2

Is there an Excludes1 relationship?

Yes.V00.188A’s tabular entry: “accident with motorized mobility scooter (V00.83-)”. The note covers V00.83.

Official ruleGuide: Excludes1 vs Excludes2

Is there an Excludes2 relationship?

None.Neither entry carries an Excludes2 note that names the other code.

Official rule

Is one more specific?

No.Neither is a subdivision of the other, and neither title is the unspecified form; they describe different conditions within category V00.

Registry fact

Is one a parent or header code?

One is a header.V00.83 is a non-billable header, but V00.188A is not one of its subdivisions.

Registry fact

Are there sequencing instructions?

None.Neither entry carries a Code First or Use Additional Code note that names the other.

Official rule

Are there other coding relationships?

None found.No laterality, encounter-phase, Table of Neoplasms, Table of Drugs and Chemicals, or history-versus-active-disease relationship links these codes.

MedCoder-derived

Official rule: a tabular instructional note or a section of the ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines, quoted as published. Registry fact: the codes’ own published attributes (titles, billable status, position in the hierarchy, code set). MedCoder-derived: a reading MedCoder computes from those facts; it is not itself a rule. How to read the labels

Can these codes be reported together?

Excludes1 — generally not reported together

Excludes1 conflict

V00.188A
Other accident on other rolling-type pedestrian conveyance, initial encounter
↔
V00.83
Accident with motorized mobility scooter

What we found

No — do not report together.V00.188A carries an Excludes1 note covering V00.83: “accident with motorized mobility scooter (V00.83-)”

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

What to review

Report one of the two. Both may be reported only when the documentation shows the two conditions are unrelated to each other.

Guide: Excludes1 vs Excludes2Check these on a claim

Why it matters

An Excludes1 note means the two conditions are not ordinarily reported together for the same encounter, because the classification treats them as mutually exclusive forms of the same condition. The documented exception is when the two conditions are unrelated to each other.

Source / rule

CMS ICD-10-CM tabular instructional notes; ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines, Section I.A.12.a

Official guidance behind these answers

  • Section I.A.12.a — Excludes1 · applies to: Excludes1

    A type 1 Excludes note is a pure excludes note. It means “NOT CODED HERE!” An Excludes1 note indicates that the code excluded should never be used at the same time as the code above the Excludes1 note. An Excludes1 is used when two conditions cannot occur together, such as a congenital form versus an acquired form of the same condition. An exception to the Excludes1 definition is the circumstance when the two conditions are unrelated to each other. If it is not clear whether the two conditions involving an Excludes1 note are related or not, query the provider. For example, code F45.8, Other somatoform disorders, has an Excludes1 note for "sleep related teeth grinding (G47.63)," because "teeth grinding" is an inclusion term under F45.8. Only one of these two codes should be assigned for teeth grinding. However psychogenic dysmenorrhea is also an inclusion term under F45.8, and a patient could have both this condition and sleep related teeth grinding. In this case, the two conditions are clearly unrelated to each other, and so it would be appropriate to report F45.8 and G47.63 together.

    ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines FY2027

Quoted from the ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting in effect for the release shown. The tabular notes above are the code-level instruction; these sections are the convention that says how such a note is applied. Source document (CMS PDF) · Release and checksum

Side by side

Similar descriptions do not make codes interchangeable. The documentation and the official instructions decide which code applies.

Official descriptionDiffers
V00.188A

Other accident on other rolling-type pedestrian conveyance, initial encounter

V00.83

Accident with motorized mobility scooter

StatusDiffers
V00.188A
Billable
V00.83
Non-billable header

A header is not reported on a claim; a code beneath it is.

Report instead: V00.831A, V00.831D, V00.831S, V00.832A, V00.832D

Excludes1Differs
V00.188A
  • accident with baby stroller (V00.82-)
  • accident with wheelchair (powered) (V00.81-)
  • accident with motorized mobility scooter (V00.83-)
  • collision with another person without fall (W51)
  • fall due to person on foot colliding with another person on foot (W03)
  • fall from non-moving wheelchair, nonmotorized scooter and motorized mobility scooter without collision (W05.-)
  • pedestrian (conveyance) collision with other land transport vehicle (V01-V09)
  • pedestrian on foot falling (slipping) on ice and snow (W00.-)
  • fall due to non-transport collision with other person (W03)
  • struck or bumped by another person (W51)
V00.83
  • collision with another person without fall (W51)
  • fall due to person on foot colliding with another person on foot (W03)
  • fall from non-moving wheelchair, nonmotorized scooter and motorized mobility scooter without collision (W05.-)
  • pedestrian (conveyance) collision with other land transport vehicle (V01-V09)
  • pedestrian on foot falling (slipping) on ice and snow (W00.-)
  • fall due to non-transport collision with other person (W03)
  • struck or bumped by another person (W51)
Use additional codeSame for both
  • place of occurrence and activity external cause codes, if known (Y92.-, Y93.-)
CategorySame for both

V00 Pedestrian conveyance accident

ChapterSame for both

V00-Y99 — External Causes of Morbidity (V00-Y99)

IncludesSame for both
  • person changing tire on transport vehicle
  • person examining engine of vehicle broken down in (on side of) road
7th characterSame for both
  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V00

No Excludes2, Code first and Code also note at either code.

Notes are the code’s own tabular entry, quoted as published. A note that names the other code is the one the verdict above rests on. In a row that differs, notes every code shares are dimmed.

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Derived from the official CMS ICD-10-CM tabular data (FY2027). A coding-rule comparison, not billing advice: payer-specific edits and medical-necessity policy are outside its scope. All data sources