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V00.01XA ICD-10-CM Code: Pedestrian on foot injured in collision with roller-skater, initial encounter

Billing Status: YES. This is a valid, specific, and billable ICD-10-CM reference.

Coding at a Glance

7th character
Required — see the character table on this page
Tabular directives
2 inclusion terms · 7 Excludes1 · 1 use-additional code

Coding instructions

Official Tabular Instructional Notes: the inclusion, exclusion and sequencing notes published for V00.01XA in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list, quoted as published.

Notes without a marker are published on V00.01XA itself; “inherited from” names the category or block whose note applies here.

Includes

Conditions the official ICD-10-CM tabular list includes under this code.

  • person changing tire on transport vehicle
  • person examining engine of vehicle broken down in (on side of) road

Source: inherited from V00-V09

Excludes1 — Not Coded Here

Conditions generally not reported together with this code (Excludes1) -- an error unless the two conditions are documented as unrelated to each other (ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines, Section I.A.12.a).

Use Additional Code

Supplementary codes the tabular list directs you to add.

  • place of occurrence and activity external cause codes, if known (Y92.-, Y93.-)

Source: inherited from V00

7th Character Guide

"The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V00"

  • A — initial encounter (this page’s code)
  • D — subsequent encounter
  • S — sequela

How the encounter character is assigned. “Initial encounter” means the patient is receiving active treatment for the condition — it is not limited to the first visit, and a different or new provider giving active treatment still assigns it. “Subsequent encounter” covers care during the healing or recovery phase after active treatment. “Sequela” is for complications or conditions that arise as a direct result of the original condition.

ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting, Section I.C.19.a (paraphrased by MedCoder).

Variant codes in this family

V00.01XA, V00.01XD, V00.01XS

Character meanings are CMS's official 7th-character extensions for this family, as carried in each variant code's official description; variant codes are registry rows. The explanation of how the encounter character is assigned is MedCoder editorial, distinct from the official content above it.

Coder workflow for V00.01XA

MedCoder structured workflow — derived from this code’s own official record

Before you code V00.01XA

  1. A 7th character is required in this family. Confirm the documented encounter: initial (active treatment), subsequent (healing or recovery phase), or sequela. This page’s code carries “A”. “Initial” means active treatment, not the first visit (Guidelines I.C.19.a).

    See the 7th Character Guide · Guide: 7th characters: initial, subsequent, sequela →

  2. V00.01XA’s title joins a condition with an associated condition or complication. Confirm each component is documented. Where the classification presumes the link through the “with” convention, only a provider statement that the conditions are unrelated defeats it. A combination code is assigned only when it fully identifies the documented conditions; a required second code for the stage, type or manifestation is still reported when the notes ask for it (Guidelines I.B.9, I.A.15).

    Guide: Combination codes →

  3. An external cause code is reported in addition to the code for the injury or condition, never as the principal or first-listed diagnosis. Confirm the cause, intent, place of occurrence, activity and status where the record documents them, and assign the 7th character that matches the injury code. External cause coding guidelines (Guidelines I.C.20.a).

  4. Check the Excludes1 note: if the documentation supports a condition named there, do not simply proceed with V00.01XA. Excludes1 conditions are not reported together with this code unless the record shows they are unrelated (Guidelines I.A.12.a).

    See the official tabular notes

Choose the right path

  1. Does the documentation support a condition named in V00.01XA’s Excludes1 note?
    Yes → Do not simply proceed: review the excluded code. Both are reported only when the record shows the two conditions are unrelated.
    No → Continue.

    ReviewW51, W03, W05, W00

  2. Is the encounter phase documented — active treatment, healing or recovery, or a sequela?
    Yes → Assign the matching 7th character; the variant codes are in the 7th Character Guide.
    No → The code is invalid without its 7th character — query for the missing element.

Consider V00.01XA. Then work the Use Additional Code note, and confirm the code is valid for the date of service in the Verify section.

Documentation check

The provider’s diagnostic statement
Codes are assigned from the provider’s documented diagnosis, not from clinical criteria, test values or a medication list (Guidelines I.A.19).
Encounter type
Active treatment, healing or recovery phase, or sequela — the basis of the 7th character (Guidelines I.C.19.a).
The associated condition or complication
Whether the associated condition the title names is documented; the “with” convention presumes some links, and a provider statement that the conditions are unrelated defeats it (Guidelines I.A.15).
The conditions the Use Additional Code note names
Reported with this code when documented; a conditional instruction (“if applicable”, “if known”) applies only when the record supports it.

Official instructions as workflow

  • Excludes1 — check before selecting V00.01XA(7 notes)

    Coding workflow: If the documentation supports a condition named in this note, do not simply proceed with V00.01XA: the two are not reported together. The one exception is when the record shows the two conditions are unrelated to each other.

    CompareW51, W03, W05, W00

    See the official tabular notes · Guidelines I.A.12.a

  • Use Additional Code — after identifying V00.01XA(1 note)

    Coding workflow: Check whether the documentation supports the additional code(s) the note names, and report them with V00.01XA when it does. Where the instruction is conditional (“if applicable”, “if known”), it applies only when the record documents the condition.

    ReviewY92, Y93

    See the official tabular notes · Guidelines I.A.13

Coding decision scenarios

Pattern scenarios for this code’s structure — decision rules, not clinical cases

Documentation: Both the condition V00.01XA describes and a condition named in its Excludes1 note are documented for the same encounter.

Coding question: Can both codes be reported?

Path: Review the Excludes1 note and the excluded code, and look for a provider statement on whether the two conditions are related.

Reason: Excludes1 means the two are not coded together; the exception is when the record shows the conditions are unrelated to each other (Guidelines I.A.12.a).

ReviewW51, W03, W05, W00

Documentation: The patient returns during the healing or recovery phase after active treatment of the same condition.

Coding question: Which 7th character applies?

Path: Review the official 7th-character definitions for this family in the 7th Character Guide.

Reason: “Initial encounter” means active treatment, not the first visit; care during recovery takes “subsequent encounter”, and a complication arising from the original condition takes “sequela” (Guidelines I.C.19.a).

Documentation: Only one of the components this code’s title joins is documented.

Coding question: Is V00.01XA supported?

Path: Review the code for the documented component on its own.

Reason: A combination code is assigned only when it fully identifies the documented conditions; otherwise the documented component takes its own code (Guidelines I.B.9).

Every row is derived from this code’s own record — its title, tabular notes, 7th-character family and same-category siblings — with fixed MedCoder wording; nothing is inferred about a patient. The official notes and guideline text are in the sections each row links to, and they control.

Code Overview

Pedestrian on foot injured in collision with roller-skater, initial encounter is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (V00.01XA).

MedCoder summary Summary composed by MedCoder from this code's official ICD-10-CM record. The tabular instructional notes themselves appear verbatim below.

Decision Points

The directives on this code's own record, as a pre-claim checklist.

  1. A 7th character applies in this family. Confirm the documented encounter matches the character assigned. See the official 7th-character definitions and this code’s variants
  2. 1 Use Additional Code instruction — report the named additional code(s) when the documentation supports them. See the Use Additional Code notes
  3. 7 Excludes1 entries — codes named there are generally not reported together with this code (Guidelines I.A.12.a). See the Excludes1 notes

Checklist rows are derived from this code's own official directives; the wording of each check is MedCoder editorial. The official notes themselves are in the sections each row links to.

Verify Before Coding

  • Principal-diagnosis restriction. External cause of morbidity codes (V, W, X and Y) describe the circumstance that caused an injury, not the condition treated. The Medicare Code Editor rejects them as a principal diagnosis; sequence the injury or condition first and report this code as secondary.

From the code registry, the Medicare Code Editor, and the MS-DRG Definitions Manual. Check it against a full claim in Claim Check.

Relationships & Classification

MedCoder structured relationships — computed from published CMS and AHRQ datasets

Other codes that name V00.01XA or its code family, from the CMS ICD-10-CM tabular instructional notes. Tabular-note edges are stored at the code family level that carries each note.

Referenced by 3 Excludes1 notes: V06 — Pedestrian injured in collision with other nonmotor vehicle (via V00.0.-), W00 — Fall due to ice and snow (via V00.-), W03 — Other fall on same level due to collision with another person (via V00.-).

These codes’ tabular lists mark this diagnosis as mutually exclusive — not reported together unless the conditions are documented as unrelated.

Clinical classification (AHRQ CCSR):EXT016 — External cause codes: struck by; against; initial encounter; EXT020 — External cause codes: intent of injury, accidental/unintentional.

Clinical Classifications Software Refined (CCSR) for ICD-10-CM Diagnoses. Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

Related Codes

Same clinical category (CCSR)

AHRQ's Clinical Classifications Software groups these diagnoses under the same clinical categories (External cause codes: struck by; against; initial encounter, External cause codes: intent of injury, accidental/unintentional).

V00.02XA — Pedestrian on foot injured in collision with skateboarder, initial encounter, V00.031A — Pedestrian on foot injured in collision with rider of standing electric scooter, initial encounter, V00.038A — Pedestrian on foot injured in collision with rider of other standing micro-mobility pedestrian conveyance, initial encounter, V00.09XA — Pedestrian on foot injured in collision with other pedestrian conveyance, initial encounter, V00.112A — In-line roller-skater colliding with stationary object, initial encounter, V00.122A — Non-in-line roller-skater colliding with stationary object, initial encounter, V00.132A — Skateboarder colliding with stationary object, initial encounter, V00.142A — Scooter (nonmotorized) colliding with stationary object, initial encounter, V00.152A — Heelies colliding with stationary object, initial encounter, V00.182A — Pedestrian on other rolling-type pedestrian conveyance colliding with stationary object, initial encounter, V00.212A — Ice-skater colliding with stationary object, initial encounter, V00.222A — Sledder colliding with stationary object, initial encounter, V00.282A — Pedestrian on other gliding-type pedestrian conveyance colliding with stationary object, initial encounter, V00.312A — Snowboarder colliding with stationary object, initial encounter, V00.322A — Snow-skier colliding with stationary object, initial encounter, V00.382A — Pedestrian on other flat-bottomed pedestrian conveyance colliding with stationary object, initial encounter, V00.812A — Wheelchair (powered) colliding with stationary object, initial encounter, V00.822A — Baby stroller colliding with stationary object, initial encounter, V00.832A — Motorized mobility scooter colliding with stationary object, initial encounter, V00.842A — Pedestrian on standing electric scooter colliding with stationary object, initial encounter, +2317 more

Contextual Map

Every relationship of V00.01XA in one view: hierarchy, official tabular instructions in both directions, clinical classification, risk adjustment, MS-DRG participation, index terms and change history — each edge carrying the CMS source it derives from.

Run V00.01XA with these 3 related codes in Claim Check

Hierarchy

Referenced by Excludes1 notes

Clinical classification (CCSR)

Nearest codes (40)

Change history

  • FY2016 — In the code set at ICD-10-CM adoption [Change history]— CMS release files (code change ledger) · icd10cm-fy2016

Common coding questions

Does V00.01XA require a 7th character?

Yes. The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V00.

Sources for this page

Codes, titles, notes, index terms and mappings on this page are transcribed from the datasets below. Relationships MedCoder computed and text MedCoder wrote are labelled where they appear.

Code, title, tabular notes and index terms Official source data
CMS/CDC ICD-10-CM FY2026 tabular list, index and tables, effective October 1, 2025 Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Claim edits Official source data
CMS Definitions of Medicare Code Edits — v43.1 (April 2026) Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Change history and date-of-service validity Official source data
CMS ICD-10-CM release addenda, ingested release by release into the change ledger Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Comparisons, relationships and the contextual map MedCoder structured relationship
Computed by MedCoder from the tabular notes and tables above; every derived relationship is marked as derived where it appears
Summary and FAQ answers MedCoder explanation
Written by MedCoder to explain the sources above: drafted with AI assistance, checked by a person against the release files, and labelled as MedCoder text where it appears. Not official text.

Labels on this page: Official source data · MedCoder structured relationship · MedCoder explanation. How to read the labels · All data sources and release dates

Change history

  • FY2016 — October 1, 2015
    In the code set at ICD-10-CM adoption
    Pedestrian on foot injured in collision with roller-skater, initial encounter

No changes since FY2016 — additions, deletions, description changes and billable-status changes are tracked through FY2027 (effective October 1, 2026), and none are recorded for this code. Note changes are tracked from FY2027 only.

Nearest Codes in This Family

Official ICD-10-CM classifications closest to V00.01XA in its code family, with their registry titles.

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