ICD-10-CM › V00-Y99 › V00-V09 › V00.8 Accident on other pedestrian conveyance › V00.81

V00.81

Accident with wheelchair (powered)

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:

  • V00.811 Fall from moving wheelchair (powered) (also a header)
  • V00.812 Wheelchair (powered) colliding with stationary object (also a header)
  • V00.818 Other accident with wheelchair (powered) (also a header)

This code requires a seventh character. See the rule below.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Accident with wheelchair (powered)

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

Inherited from V00 Pedestrian conveyance accident

Seventh character required

  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V00

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • collision with another person without fall (W51)
  • fall due to person on foot colliding with another person on foot (W03)
  • fall from non-moving wheelchair, nonmotorized scooter and motorized mobility scooter without collision (W05.-)
  • pedestrian (conveyance) collision with other land transport vehicle (V01-V09)
  • pedestrian on foot falling (slipping) on ice and snow (W00.-)

Use additional code

  • place of occurrence and activity external cause codes, if known (Y92.-, Y93.-)

Inherited from the V00-V09 section Pedestrian injured in transport accident (V00-V09)

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • fall due to non-transport collision with other person (W03)
  • struck or bumped by another person (W51)

Includes

  • person changing tire on transport vehicle
  • person examining engine of vehicle broken down in (on side of) road

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
V00.82 Accident with baby stroller Not billable
V00.83 Accident with motorized mobility scooter Not billable
V00.84 Accident with standing micro-mobility pedestrian conveyance Not billable
V00.89 Accident on other pedestrian conveyance Not billable