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V54.9XXA ICD-10-CM Code: Unspecified occupant of pick-up truck or van injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in traffic accident, initial encounter

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

Official Registry Overview & Definition

Unspecified occupant of pick-up truck or van injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in traffic accident, initial encounter is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (V54.9A).

Official Tabular Instructional Notes

Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for V54.9XXA in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list.

Includes

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

  • a four or six wheel motor vehicle designed primarily for carrying passengers and property but weighing less than the local limit for classification as a heavy goods vehicle
  • minibus
  • minivan
  • sport utility vehicle (SUV)
  • truck
  • van

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 V54.9XXA 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.

Contextual Map

Every relationship of V54.9XXA 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]
  • V50-V59 — Occupant of pick-up truck or van injured in transport accident [Hierarchy]

Clinical classification (CCSR)

  • EXT007 — External cause codes: motor vehicle traffic (MVT); initial encounter [CCSR]
  • EXT020 — External cause codes: intent of injury, accidental/unintentional [CCSR]

Nearest codes (36)

  • V54 — Occupant of pick-up truck or van injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus [Sibling]
  • V54.0 — Driver of pick-up truck or van injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in nontraffic accident [Sibling]
  • V54.0XXA — Driver of pick-up truck or van injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in nontraffic accident, initial encounter [Sibling]
  • V54.0XXD — Driver of pick-up truck or van injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in nontraffic accident, subsequent encounter [Sibling]
  • V54.0XXS — Driver of pick-up truck or van injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in nontraffic accident, sequela [Sibling]
  • V54.1 — Passenger in pick-up truck or van injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in nontraffic accident [Sibling]
  • V54.1XXA — Passenger in pick-up truck or van injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in nontraffic accident, initial encounter [Sibling]
  • V54.1XXD — Passenger in pick-up truck or van injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in nontraffic accident, subsequent encounter [Sibling]
  • and 28 more

Relationships & Classification

Clinical classification (AHRQ CCSR):EXT007 — External cause codes: motor vehicle traffic (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.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) & Clinical Guidance

Does V54.9XXA require a 7th character?

Yes. The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V54.

Nearest Codes in This Family

Official ICD-10-CM classifications closest to V54.9XXA in its code family, with their registry titles.

  • V54.6XXA — Passenger in pick-up truck or van injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in traffic accident, initial encounter
  • V54.6XXD — Passenger in pick-up truck or van injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in traffic accident, subsequent encounter
  • V54.6XXS — Passenger in pick-up truck or van injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in traffic accident, sequela
  • V54.7 — Person on outside of pick-up truck or van injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in traffic accident
  • V54.7XXA — Person on outside of pick-up truck or van injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in traffic accident, initial encounter
  • V54.7XXD — Person on outside of pick-up truck or van injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in traffic accident, subsequent encounter
  • V54.7XXS — Person on outside of pick-up truck or van injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in traffic accident, sequela
  • V54.9 — Unspecified occupant of pick-up truck or van injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in traffic accident
  • V54.9XXD — Unspecified occupant of pick-up truck or van injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in traffic accident, subsequent encounter
  • V54.9XXS — Unspecified occupant of pick-up truck or van injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in traffic accident, sequela

View all codes in the V54 family