V80 vs W00.9XXA

V80 (Animal-rider or occupant of animal-drawn vehicle injured in transport accident) compared with W00.9XXA (Unspecified fall due to ice and snow, 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

W00.9XXA

Unspecified fall due to ice and snow, initial encounter

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V80

Animal-rider or occupant of animal-drawn vehicle injured in transport accident

Not coded here — these two are mutually exclusive.

“fall from animal (V80.-)”

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. W00.9XXA carries an Excludes1 note covering V80: “fall from animal (V80.-)”

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

	V80Animal-rider or occupant of animal-drawn vehicle injured in transport accident	W00.9XXAUnspecified fall due to ice and snow, initial encounter
Billing status	Non-billable header Report instead: V80.010A, V80.010D, V80.010S, V80.018A, V80.018D	Billable
Classification	V00-Y99 — External Causes of Morbidity (V00-Y99)	V00-Y99 — External Causes of Morbidity (V00-Y99)
Definition	Animal-rider or occupant of animal-drawn vehicle injured in transport accident is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (V80).	Unspecified fall due to ice and snow, initial encounter is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (W00.9A).
7th character	The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V80	The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category W00
Includes	—	pedestrian on foot falling (slipping) on ice and snow

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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