V03.031S vs W03

V03.031S (Pedestrian on standing electric scooter injured in collision with car, pick-up or van in nontraffic accident, sequela) 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.

Relationship

Conflict

Excludes1 conflict

V03.031S

Pedestrian on standing electric scooter injured in collision with car, pick-up or van in nontraffic accident, sequela

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W03

Other fall on same level due to collision with another person

Not coded here — these two are mutually exclusive.

“fall due to non-transport collision with other person (W03)”

An Excludes1 note means the two conditions cannot occur together, so the pair should not be reported for the same encounter. The sole exception is when the conditions are documented as unrelated to each other.

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

Can these codes be reported together?

No — do not report together. V03.031S 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).

Side by side

	V03.031SPedestrian on standing electric scooter injured in collision with car, pick-up or van in nontraffic accident, sequela	W03Other fall on same level due to collision with another person
Billing status	Billable	Non-billable header Report instead: W03.XXXA, W03.XXXD, W03.XXXS
Classification	V00-Y99 — External Causes of Morbidity (V00-Y99)	V00-Y99 — External Causes of Morbidity (V00-Y99)
Definition	Pedestrian on standing electric scooter injured in collision with car, pick-up or van in nontraffic accident, sequela is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (V03.031S).	Other fall on same level due to collision with another person is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (W03).
7th character	The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V03	The 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	Fall due to non-transport collision with other person

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