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V33.2XXA ICD-10-CM Code: Person on outside of three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in nontraffic accident, initial encounter

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

Official Registry Overview & Definition

Person on outside of three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in nontraffic accident, initial encounter is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (V33.2A).

Official Tabular Instructional Notes

Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for V33.2XXA in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list.

Includes

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

  • motorized tricycle
  • motorized rickshaw
  • three-wheeled motor car

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 V33.2XXA name these codes. Each comparison page covers when the two can — or must not — be reported together.

Change history

No changes recorded for this code — unchanged since the FY2016 baseline of the change ledger.

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.

Relationships & Classification

Clinical classification (AHRQ CCSR):EXT010 — External cause codes: transport; not MVT; 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: transport; not MVT; initial encounter, External cause codes: intent of injury, accidental/unintentional).

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Contextual Map

Every relationship of V33.2XXA 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]
  • V30-V39 — Occupant of three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in transport accident [Hierarchy]

Clinical classification (CCSR)

  • EXT010 — External cause codes: transport; not MVT; initial encounter [CCSR]
  • EXT020 — External cause codes: intent of injury, accidental/unintentional [CCSR]

Nearest codes (36)

  • V33 — Occupant of three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van [Sibling]
  • V33.0 — Driver of three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in nontraffic accident [Sibling]
  • V33.0XXA — Driver of three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in nontraffic accident, initial encounter [Sibling]
  • V33.0XXD — Driver of three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in nontraffic accident, subsequent encounter [Sibling]
  • V33.0XXS — Driver of three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in nontraffic accident, sequela [Sibling]
  • V33.1 — Passenger in three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in nontraffic accident [Sibling]
  • V33.1XXA — Passenger in three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in nontraffic accident, initial encounter [Sibling]
  • V33.1XXD — Passenger in three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in nontraffic accident, subsequent encounter [Sibling]
  • and 28 more

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) & Clinical Guidance

Does V33.2XXA require a 7th character?

Yes. The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V33.

Nearest Codes in This Family

Official ICD-10-CM classifications closest to V33.2XXA in its code family, with their registry titles.

  • V33.1 — Passenger in three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in nontraffic accident
  • V33.1XXA — Passenger in three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in nontraffic accident, initial encounter
  • V33.1XXD — Passenger in three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in nontraffic accident, subsequent encounter
  • V33.1XXS — Passenger in three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in nontraffic accident, sequela
  • V33.2 — Person on outside of three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in nontraffic accident
  • V33.2XXD — Person on outside of three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in nontraffic accident, subsequent encounter
  • V33.2XXS — Person on outside of three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in nontraffic accident, sequela
  • V33.3 — Unspecified occupant of three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in nontraffic accident
  • V33.3XXA — Unspecified occupant of three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in nontraffic accident, initial encounter
  • V33.3XXD — Unspecified occupant of three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in nontraffic accident, subsequent encounter

View all codes in the V33 family