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V50 vs V79.81XA

V50 (Occupant of pick-up truck or van injured in collision with pedestrian or animal) compared with V79.81XA (Bus occupant (driver) (passenger) injured in transport accidents with military vehicle, initial encounter), from the official CMS tabular data. Do not report these codes together: the official tabular list marks them Excludes1.

Relationship

Conflict

Excludes1 conflict

V79.81XA
Bus occupant (driver) (passenger) injured in transport accidents with military vehicle, initial encounter
↔
V50
Occupant of pick-up truck or van injured in collision with pedestrian or animal

Not coded here — these two are mutually exclusive.

“minibus (V50-V59)”

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. V79.81XA carries an Excludes1 note covering V50: “minibus (V50-V59)”

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

V50Occupant of pick-up truck or van injured in collision with pedestrian or animalV79.81XABus occupant (driver) (passenger) injured in transport accidents with military vehicle, initial encounter
Billing statusNon-billable header

Report instead: V50.0XXA, V50.0XXD, V50.0XXS, V50.1XXA, V50.1XXD

Billable
ClassificationV00-Y99 — External Causes of Morbidity (V00-Y99)V00-Y99 — External Causes of Morbidity (V00-Y99)
DefinitionOccupant of pick-up truck or van injured in collision with pedestrian or animal is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (V50).Bus occupant (driver) (passenger) injured in transport accidents with military vehicle, initial encounter is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (V79.81A).
7th characterThe appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V50The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V79
Includes
a four or six wheel motor vehicle designed primarily for carrying passengers and property but weighing less than the local limit for classification as a heavy goods vehicle
minibus
minivan
sport utility vehicle (SUV)
motorcoach
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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