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V27.39XD vs V27.39XS

V27.39XD (Person boarding or alighting other motorcycle injured in collision with fixed or stationary object, subsequent encounter) compared with V27.39XS (Person boarding or alighting other motorcycle injured in collision with fixed or stationary object, sequela), from the official CMS tabular data.

Summary

No tabular note links these codes. Both belong to category V27, and nothing in the tabular list prevents reporting each when it is documented.

Registry fact
What is different?

Title wording.The titles share “Person boarding or alighting other motorcycle injured in collision with fixed or stationary object”; V27.39XD says “subsequent encounter” where V27.39XS says “sequela”.

Registry fact

Can these codes be reported together?

No instruction prevents it.No note in either entry names the other. Both belong to category V27; each may be reported when its own documentation is present.

Registry fact

Is there an Excludes1 relationship?

None.Neither entry carries an Excludes1 note that names the other code. V27.39XD carries 1 Excludes1 note and V27.39XS carries 1 Excludes1 note 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?

No.Neither is a subdivision of the other, and neither title is the unspecified form; they describe different conditions within category V27.

Registry fact

Is one a parent or header code?

No.Both are billable codes, and neither contains the other.

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?

Yes, when each is documented. V27.39XD and V27.39XS both belong to category V27.

No Excludes1/Excludes2 relationship exists between these codes in the official tabular list. The code titles state what each one covers, and the documentation decides which applies.

Side by side

V27.39XDPerson boarding or alighting other motorcycle injured in collision with fixed or stationary object, subsequent encounterV27.39XSPerson boarding or alighting other motorcycle injured in collision with fixed or stationary object, sequela
Billing statusBillableBillable
ClassificationV00-Y99 — External Causes of Morbidity (V00-Y99)V00-Y99 — External Causes of Morbidity (V00-Y99)
DefinitionPerson boarding or alighting other motorcycle injured in collision with fixed or stationary object, subsequent encounter is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (V27.39XD).Person boarding or alighting other motorcycle injured in collision with fixed or stationary object, sequela is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (V27.39XS).
7th characterThe appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V27The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V27
Includes
electric bicycle
e-bike
e-bicycle
moped
electric bicycle
e-bike
e-bicycle
moped
Excludes1
three-wheeled motor vehicle (V30-V39)
three-wheeled motor vehicle (V30-V39)

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