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V60.1

Passenger in heavy transport vehicle injured in collision with pedestrian or animal 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:

  • V60.1XXA Passenger in heavy transport vehicle injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in nontraffic accident, initial encounter
  • V60.1XXD Passenger in heavy transport vehicle injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in nontraffic accident, subsequent encounter
  • V60.1XXS Passenger in heavy transport vehicle injured in collision with pedestrian or animal 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 heavy transport vehicle injured in collision with pedestrian or animal 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 V60 Occupant of heavy transport vehicle injured in collision with pedestrian or animal

Seventh character required

  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V60

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • heavy transport vehicle collision with animal-drawn vehicle or animal being ridden (V66.-)

Inherited from the V60-V69 section Occupant of heavy transport vehicle injured in transport accident (V60-V69)

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • bus
  • motorcoach

Includes

  • 18 wheeler
  • armored car
  • panel truck

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
V60.0 Driver of heavy transport vehicle injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in nontraffic accident Not billable
V60.2 Person on outside of heavy transport vehicle injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in nontraffic accident Not billable
V60.3 Unspecified occupant of heavy transport vehicle injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in nontraffic accident Not billable
V60.4 Person boarding or alighting a heavy transport vehicle injured in collision with pedestrian or animal Not billable
V60.5 Driver of heavy transport vehicle injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in traffic accident Not billable
V60.6 Passenger in heavy transport vehicle injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in traffic accident Not billable
V60.7 Person on outside of heavy transport vehicle injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in traffic accident Not billable
V60.9 Unspecified occupant of heavy transport vehicle injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in traffic accident Not billable