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V87.1XXA vs V87.1XXD

V87.1XXA (Person injured in collision between other motor vehicle and two- or three-wheeled motor vehicle (traffic), initial encounter) compared with V87.1XXD (Person injured in collision between other motor vehicle and two- or three-wheeled motor vehicle (traffic), subsequent encounter), from the official CMS tabular data.

Summary

No tabular note links these codes. Both belong to category V87, and nothing in the tabular list prevents reporting each when it is documented.

Registry fact
What is different?

Title wording.The titles differ in one word, “initial” (V87.1XXA) versus “subsequent” (V87.1XXD): V87.1XXA is “Person injured in collision between other motor vehicle and two- or three-wheeled motor vehicle (traffic), initial encounter”; V87.1XXD is “Person injured in collision between other motor vehicle and two- or three-wheeled motor vehicle (traffic), subsequent encounter”.

Registry fact

Can these codes be reported together?

No instruction prevents it.No note in either entry names the other. Both belong to category V87; 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. V87.1XXA carries 3 Excludes1 notes and V87.1XXD carries 3 Excludes1 notes 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 V87.

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. V87.1XXA and V87.1XXD both belong to category V87.

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

V87.1XXAPerson injured in collision between other motor vehicle and two- or three-wheeled motor vehicle (traffic), initial encounterV87.1XXDPerson injured in collision between other motor vehicle and two- or three-wheeled motor vehicle (traffic), subsequent encounter
Billing statusBillableBillable
ClassificationV00-Y99 — External Causes of Morbidity (V00-Y99)V00-Y99 — External Causes of Morbidity (V00-Y99)
DefinitionPerson injured in collision between other motor vehicle and two- or three-wheeled motor vehicle (traffic), initial encounter is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (V87.1XXA).Person injured in collision between other motor vehicle and two- or three-wheeled motor vehicle (traffic), subsequent encounter is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (V87.1XXD).
7th characterThe appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V87The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V87
Excludes1
collision involving:
pedal cycle (V10-V19)
pedestrian (V01-V09)
collision involving:
pedal cycle (V10-V19)
pedestrian (V01-V09)

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