V00-V09Not billable, use a more specific code below
Pedestrian injured in transport accident (V00-V09)
chapter 20: External Causes of Morbidity
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Instructional notes
Includes: conditions that are coded here
- person changing tire on transport vehicle
- person examining engine of vehicle broken down in (on side of) road
Official coding guidelines
From the ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting, FY 2027 (CMS and NCHS). Links open the PDF at the right page.
Covers how to report external cause codes (V00-Y99) describing cause, intent, place, activity, and status. They are never principal or first-listed, and reporting is voluntary unless required.
- General External Cause Coding Guidelines (page 88)
- Place of Occurrence Guideline (page 89)
- Activity Code (page 89)
- Place of Occurrence, Activity, and Status Codes Used with other External Cause Code (page 89)
- If the Reporting Format Limits the Number of External Cause Codes (page 90)
- Multiple External Cause Coding Guidelines (page 90)
- Child and Adult Abuse Guideline (page 90)
- Unknown or Undetermined Intent Guideline (page 91)
Codes under V00-V09
V00-V09 can't be used on a claim. Pick a billable code below; grey headings group them.
- V00Pedestrian conveyance accident
- V01Pedestrian injured in collision with pedal cycle
- V02Pedestrian injured in collision with two- or three-wheeled motor vehicle
- V03Pedestrian injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van
- V04Pedestrian injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus
- V05Pedestrian injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle
- V06Pedestrian injured in collision with other nonmotor vehicle
- V09Pedestrian injured in other and unspecified transport accidents
V00-V09 MS-DRGs
This code does not group to an MS-DRG as a principal diagnosis.
Other codes that refer to V00-V09
Notes on these codes point to V00-V09.
- W03 Excludes1: fall involving pedestrian conveyance (V00-V09)