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V20 vs V39.40XD

V20 (Motorcycle rider injured in collision with pedestrian or animal) compared with V39.40XD (Driver of three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in collision with unspecified motor vehicles in traffic accident, subsequent encounter), 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. V20 carries an Excludes1 note covering V39.40XD: “three-wheeled motor vehicle (V30-V39)”

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. V39.40XD carries an Excludes1 note covering V20: “motorcycle with sidecar (V20-V29)”

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

V20Motorcycle rider injured in collision with pedestrian or animalV39.40XDDriver of three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in collision with unspecified motor vehicles in traffic accident, subsequent encounter
Billing statusNon-billable header

Report instead: V20.01XA, V20.01XD, V20.01XS, V20.09XA, V20.09XD

Billable
ClassificationV00-Y99 — External Causes of Morbidity (V00-Y99)V00-Y99 — External Causes of Morbidity (V00-Y99)
DefinitionMotorcycle rider injured in collision with pedestrian or animal is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (V20).Driver of three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in collision with unspecified motor vehicles in traffic accident, subsequent encounter is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (V39.40D).
7th characterThe appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V20The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V39
Includes
electric bicycle
e-bike
e-bicycle
moped
motorized tricycle
motorized rickshaw
three-wheeled motor car

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