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V05.938 ICD-10-CM Code: Pedestrian on other standing micro-mobility pedestrian conveyance injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle, unspecified whether traffic or nontraffic accident

Billing Status: NO. This is a clinician non-billable / parent hierarchy grouping in the ICD-10-CM system.

Official Registry Overview & Definition

Pedestrian on other standing micro-mobility pedestrian conveyance injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle, unspecified whether traffic or nontraffic accident is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (V05.938). A more specific billable subcode must be selected for claims submission.

Official Tabular Instructional Notes

Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for V05.938 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list.

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

Inclusion Terms

Alternative terms the tabular list files under this code.

  • Pedestrian on hoverboard injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle, unspecified whether traffic or nontraffic accident
  • Pedestrian on segway injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle, unspecified whether traffic or nontraffic accident

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).

Frequently Compared Codes

The official Excludes notes on V05.938 name these codes. Each comparison page covers when the two can — or must not — be reported together.

Change history

  • FY2021 — 2020-10-01
    Added to the code set
    Pedestrian on other standing micro-mobility pedestrian conveyance injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle, unspecified whether traffic or nontraffic accident
    FY2021 changes

Verify Before Coding

  • Not billable as written — a more specific code is required: V05.938A, V05.938D, V05.938S.
  • Requires a 7th character. "The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V05" Options: V05.938A, V05.938D, V05.938S
  • 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.

Contextual Map

Every relationship of V05.938 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.

Hierarchy

  • V00-Y99 — Chapter 20: External Causes of Morbidity (V00-Y99) (V00-Y99) [Hierarchy]
  • V00-V09 — Pedestrian injured in transport accident [Hierarchy]

External cause index

  • Accident (to), transport (involving injury to), pedestrian, conveyance (occupant), hoverboard, collision with, railway (train) (vehicle)[External cause term]
  • Accident (to), transport (involving injury to), pedestrian, conveyance (occupant), Segway, collision with, railway (train) (vehicle)[External cause term]

Nearest codes (40)

  • V05 — Pedestrian injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle [Sibling]
  • V05.12XD — Pedestrian on skateboard injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle in traffic accident, subsequent encounter [Sibling]
  • V05.12XS — Pedestrian on skateboard injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle in traffic accident, sequela [Sibling]
  • V05.13 — Pedestrian on standing micro-mobility pedestrian conveyance injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle in traffic accident [Sibling]
  • V05.131 — Pedestrian on standing electric scooter injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle in traffic accident [Sibling]
  • V05.131A — Pedestrian on standing electric scooter injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle in traffic accident, initial encounter [Sibling]
  • V05.131D — Pedestrian on standing electric scooter injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle in traffic accident, subsequent encounter [Sibling]
  • V05.131S — Pedestrian on standing electric scooter injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle in traffic accident, sequela [Sibling]
  • and 32 more

Change history

  • FY2021 — Added to the code set [Change history]

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) & Clinical Guidance

Can V05.938 be billed directly?

No. V05.938 (Pedestrian on other standing micro-mobility pedestrian conveyance injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle, unspecified whether traffic or nontraffic accident) is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code. A more specific billable subcode must be selected based on clinical documentation.

Does V05.938 require a 7th character?

Yes. The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V05.

Nearest Codes in This Family

Official ICD-10-CM classifications closest to V05.938 in its code family, with their registry titles.

  • V05.93 — Pedestrian on standing micro-mobility pedestrian conveyance injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle, unspecified whether traffic or nontraffic accident
  • V05.931 — Pedestrian on standing electric scooter injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle, unspecified whether traffic or nontraffic accident
  • V05.931A — Pedestrian on standing electric scooter injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle, unspecified whether traffic or nontraffic accident, initial encounter
  • V05.931D — Pedestrian on standing electric scooter injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle, unspecified whether traffic or nontraffic accident, subsequent encounter
  • V05.931S — Pedestrian on standing electric scooter injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle, unspecified whether traffic or nontraffic accident, sequela
  • V05.938A — Pedestrian on other standing micro-mobility pedestrian conveyance injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle, unspecified whether traffic or nontraffic accident, initial encounter
  • V05.938D — Pedestrian on other standing micro-mobility pedestrian conveyance injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle, unspecified whether traffic or nontraffic accident, subsequent encounter
  • V05.938S — Pedestrian on other standing micro-mobility pedestrian conveyance injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle, unspecified whether traffic or nontraffic accident, sequela
  • V05.99 — Pedestrian with other conveyance injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle, unspecified whether traffic or nontraffic accident
  • V05.99XA — Pedestrian with other conveyance injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle, unspecified whether traffic or nontraffic accident, initial encounter

View all codes in the V05 family

Indexed As (2)

Circumstance phrases from the official ICD-10-CM External Cause of Injuries Index that map to this code.

  • Accident (to), transport (involving injury to), pedestrian, conveyance (occupant), hoverboard, collision with, railway (train) (vehicle)
  • Accident (to), transport (involving injury to), pedestrian, conveyance (occupant), Segway, collision with, railway (train) (vehicle)