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V23 vs V39

V23 (Motorcycle rider injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van) compared with V39 (Occupant of three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in other and unspecified transport accidents), 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. V23 carries an Excludes1 note covering V39: “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).

Side by side

V23Motorcycle rider injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or vanV39Occupant of three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in other and unspecified transport accidents
Billing statusNon-billable header

Report instead: V23.01XA, V23.01XD, V23.01XS, V23.09XA, V23.09XD

Non-billable header

Report instead: V39.00XA, V39.00XD, V39.00XS, V39.09XA, V39.09XD

ClassificationV00-Y99 — External Causes of Morbidity (V00-Y99)V00-Y99 — External Causes of Morbidity (V00-Y99)
DefinitionMotorcycle rider injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (V23).Occupant of three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in other and unspecified transport accidents is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (V39).
7th characterThe appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V23The 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