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V04.931A vs W51

V04.931A (Pedestrian on standing electric scooter injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus, unspecified whether traffic or nontraffic accident, initial encounter) compared with W51 (Accidental striking against or bumped into by 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. V04.931A carries an Excludes1 note covering W51: “struck or bumped by another person (W51)”

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

V04.931APedestrian on standing electric scooter injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus, unspecified whether traffic or nontraffic accident, initial encounterW51Accidental striking against or bumped into by another person
Billing statusBillableNon-billable header

Report instead: W51.XXXA, W51.XXXD, W51.XXXS

ClassificationV00-Y99 — External Causes of Morbidity (V00-Y99)V00-Y99 — External Causes of Morbidity (V00-Y99)
DefinitionPedestrian on standing electric scooter injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus, unspecified whether traffic or nontraffic accident, initial encounter is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (V04.931A).Accidental striking against or bumped into by another person is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (W51).
7th characterThe appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V04The appropriate 7th character is to be added to code W51
Includes
person changing tire on transport vehicle
person examining engine of vehicle broken down in (on side of) road

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