V02.02 vs V02.02XD
V02.02 (Pedestrian on skateboard injured in collision with two- or three-wheeled motor vehicle in nontraffic accident) compared with V02.02XD (Pedestrian on skateboard injured in collision with two- or three-wheeled motor vehicle in nontraffic accident, subsequent encounter), from the official CMS tabular data.
Summary
These codes represent different levels of the same hierarchy: V02.02 is the non-billable header that contains V02.02XD, so only V02.02XD (or a sibling) is reported.
Registry fact- What is different?
Title wording and billing status.V02.02XD’s title adds “subsequent encounter” to the wording the two share (“Pedestrian on skateboard injured in collision with two- or three-wheeled motor vehicle in nontraffic accident”). V02.02 is a non-billable header; V02.02XD is billable.
Registry fact
- Can these codes be reported together?
Not as a pair.V02.02 is the non-billable header that contains V02.02XD. A header is not reported on a claim, so the choice is V02.02XD or a sibling that matches the documentation.
Registry fact
- Is there an Excludes1 relationship?
None.Neither entry carries an Excludes1 note that names the other code. V02.02 carries 3 Excludes1 notes and V02.02XD carries 3 Excludes1 notes covering other codes; the side-by-side table quotes them.
Official rule
- Is there an Excludes2 relationship?
None.Neither entry carries an Excludes2 note that names the other code.
Official rule
- Is one more specific?
Yes.V02.02XD is a subdivision of V02.02 in the tabular hierarchy, so it is the more specific of the two.
Registry fact
- Is one a parent or header code?
Yes.V02.02 is the non-billable header that contains V02.02XD. A header stands for the whole family beneath it and is not reported on a claim.
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?
Not as a pair — V02.02 is not reportable. V02.02 is the non-billable category that contains V02.02XD.
A header stands for the whole family of codes beneath it and is not reported on a claim, so the choice is V02.02XD or a sibling that matches the documentation. No Excludes1/Excludes2 relationship exists between these codes in the official tabular list.
Official guidance behind these answers
Section I.B.2 — Level of Detail in Coding · applies to: V02.02 and V02.02XD
Diagnosis codes are to be used and reported at their highest number of characters available and to the highest level of specificity documented in the medical record. ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes are composed of codes with 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7 characters. Codes with three characters are included in ICD-10-CM as the heading of a category of codes that may be further subdivided by the use of fourth and/or fifth characters and/or sixth characters, which provide greater detail. A three-character code is to be used only if it is not further subdivided. A code is invalid if it has not been coded to the full number of characters required for that code, including the 7th character, if applicable.
ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines FY2026
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
| V02.02Pedestrian on skateboard injured in collision with two- or three-wheeled motor vehicle in nontraffic accident | V02.02XDPedestrian on skateboard injured in collision with two- or three-wheeled motor vehicle in nontraffic accident, subsequent encounter | |
|---|---|---|
| Billing status | Non-billable header | Billable |
| Classification | V00-Y99 — External Causes of Morbidity (V00-Y99) | V00-Y99 — External Causes of Morbidity (V00-Y99) |
| Definition | Pedestrian on skateboard injured in collision with two- or three-wheeled motor vehicle in nontraffic accident is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (V02.02). | Pedestrian on skateboard injured in collision with two- or three-wheeled motor vehicle in nontraffic accident, subsequent encounter is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (V02.02XD). |
| 7th character | The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V02 | The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V02 |
| Includes | person changing tire on transport vehicle person examining engine of vehicle broken down in (on side of) road | person changing tire on transport vehicle person examining engine of vehicle broken down in (on side of) road |
| Excludes1 | fall due to non-transport collision with other person (W03) pedestrian on foot falling (slipping) on ice and snow (W00.-) struck or bumped by another person (W51) | fall due to non-transport collision with other person (W03) pedestrian on foot falling (slipping) on ice and snow (W00.-) struck or bumped by another person (W51) |
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.
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