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Compare/V80 vs W09

V80 vs W09

V80 (Animal-rider or occupant of animal-drawn vehicle injured in transport accident) compared with W09 (Fall on and from playground equipment), 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. W09 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 accidentW09Fall on and from playground equipment
Billing statusNon-billable header

Report instead: V80.010A, V80.010D, V80.010S, V80.018A, V80.018D

Non-billable header

Report instead: W09.0XXA, W09.0XXD, W09.0XXS, W09.1XXA, W09.1XXD

ClassificationV00-Y99 — External Causes of Morbidity (V00-Y99)V00-Y99 — External Causes of Morbidity (V00-Y99)
DefinitionAnimal-rider or occupant of animal-drawn vehicle injured in transport accident is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (V80).Fall on and from playground equipment is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (W09).
7th characterThe appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V80The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category W09

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