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V39.19

Passenger in three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in collision with other motor vehicles 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.

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:

  • V39.19XA Passenger in three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in collision with other motor vehicles in nontraffic accident, initial encounter
  • V39.19XD Passenger in three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in collision with other motor vehicles in nontraffic accident, subsequent encounter
  • V39.19XS Passenger in three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in collision with other motor vehicles 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.

  1. FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Passenger in three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in collision with other motor vehicles 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 V39 Occupant of three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in other and unspecified transport accidents

Seventh character required

  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V39

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.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
V39.10 Passenger in three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in collision with unspecified motor vehicles in nontraffic accident Not billable