V55.6XXD ICD-10-CM Code: Passenger in pick-up truck or van injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle in traffic accident, subsequent encounter
Billing Status: YES. This is a valid, specific, and billable ICD-10-CM reference.
Official Registry Overview & Definition
Official Tabular Instructional Notes
Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for V55.6XXD 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).
- heavy transport vehicle (V60-V69) Compare V55.6XXD vs V60 →
Frequently Compared Codes
The official Excludes notes on V55.6XXD 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):EXT029 — External cause codes: subsequent encounter.
Clinical Classifications Software Refined (CCSR) for ICD-10-CM Diagnoses. Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
Contextual Map
Every relationship of V55.6XXD 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)
- EXT029 — External cause codes: subsequent encounter [CCSR]
Nearest codes (36)
- V55 — Occupant of pick-up truck or van injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle [Sibling]
- V55.0 — Driver of pick-up truck or van injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle in nontraffic accident [Sibling]
- V55.0XXA — Driver of pick-up truck or van injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle in nontraffic accident, initial encounter [Sibling]
- V55.0XXD — Driver of pick-up truck or van injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle in nontraffic accident, subsequent encounter [Sibling]
- V55.0XXS — Driver of pick-up truck or van injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle in nontraffic accident, sequela [Sibling]
- V55.1 — Passenger in pick-up truck or van injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle in nontraffic accident [Sibling]
- V55.1XXA — Passenger in pick-up truck or van injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle in nontraffic accident, initial encounter [Sibling]
- V55.1XXD — Passenger in pick-up truck or van injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle in nontraffic accident, subsequent encounter [Sibling]
- and 28 more
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) & Clinical Guidance
Does V55.6XXD require a 7th character?
Yes. The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V55.
Nearest Codes in This Family
Official ICD-10-CM classifications closest to V55.6XXD in its code family, with their registry titles.
- V55.5XXA — Driver of pick-up truck or van injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle in traffic accident, initial encounter
- V55.5XXD — Driver of pick-up truck or van injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle in traffic accident, subsequent encounter
- V55.5XXS — Driver of pick-up truck or van injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle in traffic accident, sequela
- V55.6 — Passenger in pick-up truck or van injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle in traffic accident
- V55.6XXA — Passenger in pick-up truck or van injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle in traffic accident, initial encounter
- V55.6XXS — Passenger in pick-up truck or van injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle in traffic accident, sequela
- V55.7 — Person on outside of pick-up truck or van injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle in traffic accident
- V55.7XXA — Person on outside of pick-up truck or van injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle in traffic accident, initial encounter
- V55.7XXD — Person on outside of pick-up truck or van injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle in traffic accident, subsequent encounter
- V55.7XXS — Person on outside of pick-up truck or van injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle in traffic accident, sequela