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V59.69XS ICD-10-CM Code: Unspecified occupant of pick-up truck or van injured in collision with other motor vehicles in traffic accident, sequela

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
6 inclusion terms · 1 Excludes1

Coding instructions

Official Tabular Instructional Notes: the inclusion, exclusion and sequencing notes published for V59.69XS in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list, quoted as published.

Notes without a marker are published on V59.69XS 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.

  • 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

Source: inherited from V50-V59

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).

Source: inherited from V50-V59

7th Character Guide

"The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V59"

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

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

V59.69XA, V59.69XD, V59.69XS

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.

Code Overview

Unspecified occupant of pick-up truck or van injured in collision with other motor vehicles in traffic accident, sequela is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (V59.69XS).

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

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

Other codes that name V59.69XS 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 23 Excludes1 notes: V40 — Car occupant injured in collision with pedestrian or animal (via V59.-), V40-V49 — Car occupant injured in transport accident (V40-V49) (via V59.-), V41 — Car occupant injured in collision with pedal cycle (via V59.-), V42 — Car occupant injured in collision with two- or three-wheeled motor vehicle (via V59.-), V43 — Car occupant injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van (via V59.-), V44 — Car occupant injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus (via V59.-), V45 — Car occupant injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle (via V59.-), V46 — Car occupant injured in collision with other nonmotor vehicle (via V59.-), V47 — Car occupant injured in collision with fixed or stationary object (via V59.-), V48 — Car occupant injured in noncollision transport accident (via V59.-), V49 — Car occupant injured in other and unspecified transport accidents (via V59.-), V70 — Bus occupant injured in collision with pedestrian or animal (via V59.-), V70-V79 — Bus occupant injured in transport accident (V70-V79) (via V59.-), V71 — Bus occupant injured in collision with pedal cycle (via V59.-), V72 — Bus occupant injured in collision with two- or three-wheeled motor vehicle (via V59.-), V73 — Bus occupant injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van (via V59.-), V74 — Bus occupant injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus (via V59.-), V75 — Bus occupant injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle (via V59.-), V76 — Bus occupant injured in collision with other nonmotor vehicle (via V59.-), V77 — Bus occupant injured in collision with fixed or stationary object (via V59.-), +3 more.

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

Clinical classification (AHRQ CCSR):EXT030 — External cause codes: sequela.

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 category (External cause codes: sequela).

+2321 more

Contextual Map

Every relationship of V59.69XS 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

Referenced by Excludes1 notes (23)

Clinical classification (CCSR)

Nearest codes (40)

Change history

  • FY2016 — In the code set at ICD-10-CM adoption [Change history]

Common coding questions

Does V59.69XS require a 7th character?

Yes. The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V59.

Sources for this page

Every coding fact on this page is read from the datasets below. Nothing is AI-generated; MedCoder-derived relationships and editorial are labelled where they appear.

Code, title, tabular notes and index terms
CMS/CDC ICD-10-CM FY2026 tabular list, index and tables, effective October 1, 2025
Claim edits
CMS Definitions of Medicare Code Edits — v43.1 (April 2026)
Change history and date-of-service validity
CMS ICD-10-CM release addenda, ingested release by release into the change ledger
Comparisons, relationships and the contextual map MedCoder-derived
Derived by MedCoder from the tabular notes and tables above; every derived relationship is marked as derived where it appears

All data sources and release dates

Change history

  • FY2016 — October 1, 2015
    In the code set at ICD-10-CM adoption
    Unspecified occupant of pick-up truck or van injured in collision with other motor vehicles in traffic accident, sequela

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 V59.69XS in its code family, with their registry titles.

View all codes in the V59 family