ICD-10-CM › V00-Y99 › V30-V39 › V38 Occupant of three-wheeled motor... › V38.1
Passenger in three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in noncollision transport accident in nontraffic accident
Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.
Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:
- V38.1XXA Passenger in three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in noncollision transport accident in nontraffic accident, initial encounter
- V38.1XXD Passenger in three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in noncollision transport accident in nontraffic accident, subsequent encounter
- V38.1XXS Passenger in three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in noncollision transport accident in nontraffic accident, sequela
This code requires a seventh character. See the rule below.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2014 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.
- FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Passenger in three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in noncollision transport accident in nontraffic accident
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 V38 Occupant of three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in noncollision transport accident
Seventh character required
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V38
Includes
- fall or thrown from three-wheeled motor vehicle
- overturning of three-wheeled motor vehicle NOS
- overturning of three-wheeled motor vehicle without collision
Inherited from the V30-V39 section Occupant of three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in transport accident (V30-V39)
Excludes1 - never coded here
- all-terrain vehicles (V86.-)
- motorcycle with sidecar (V20-V29)
- vehicle designed primarily for off-road use (V86.-)
Includes
- motorized tricycle
- motorized rickshaw
- three-wheeled motor car
How CDC's index refers to this code
Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.
- Accident > vehicle NEC > three-wheeled NEC
- Accident > motor vehicle NOS > three-wheeled NOS
- Accident > transport > occupant > three-wheeled vehicle
- Accident > transport > three-wheeled motor vehicle occupant > passenger > noncollision accident > nontraffic
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| V38.0 | Driver of three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in noncollision transport accident in nontraffic accident | Not billable |
| V38.2 | Person on outside of three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in noncollision transport accident in nontraffic accident | Not billable |
| V38.3 | Unspecified occupant of three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in noncollision transport accident in nontraffic accident | Not billable |
| V38.4 | Person boarding or alighting a three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in noncollision transport accident | Not billable |
| V38.5 | Driver of three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in noncollision transport accident in traffic accident | Not billable |
| V38.6 | Passenger in three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in noncollision transport accident in traffic accident | Not billable |
| V38.7 | Person on outside of three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in noncollision transport accident in traffic accident | Not billable |
| V38.9 | Unspecified occupant of three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in noncollision transport accident in traffic accident | Not billable |