V54
Header — not billableOccupant of pick-up truck or van injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus
The ICD-10 code for occupant of pick-up truck or van injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus is V54.
V54 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 9 more specific codes below.
Clinical notes
Excludes1 (not coded here)
An Excludes1 note is a pure exclusion: the excluded condition and this code should never be reported together, because the two conditions cannot occur at the same time (e.g. a congenital form vs. an acquired form of the same disease).
- occupant of pick-up truck or van injured in collision with military vehicle (V59.81)
7th character definitions
These definitions specify what each valid 7th-character value means for codes in this category.
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7th character note
This category requires a 7th character to indicate additional clinical detail (e.g. encounter type: initial, subsequent, sequela). The code is incomplete without it.
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V54
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •This is a non-billable header code. Documentation must support a more specific child code before this diagnosis can be reported on a claim.
- •Confirm the excluded condition(s) listed above are not also present — Excludes1 conditions cannot be coded together with this one.
- •This category requires a 7th character. Documentation should clearly indicate the episode of care (initial encounter, subsequent encounter, or sequela).
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Child codes under V54
- V54.0Driver of pick-up truck or van injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in nontraffic accident
- V54.1Passenger in pick-up truck or van injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in nontraffic accident
- V54.2Person on outside of pick-up truck or van injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in nontraffic accident
- V54.3Unspecified occupant of pick-up truck or van injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in nontraffic accident
- V54.4Person boarding or alighting a pick-up truck or van injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus
- V54.5Driver of pick-up truck or van injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in traffic accident
- V54.6Passenger in pick-up truck or van injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in traffic accident
- V54.7Person on outside of pick-up truck or van injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in traffic accident
- V54.9Unspecified occupant of pick-up truck or van injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in traffic accident
Related codes in this category
- V50Occupant of pick-up truck or van injured in collision with pedestrian or animalnon-billable header
- V51Occupant of pick-up truck or van injured in collision with pedal cyclenon-billable header
- V52Occupant of pick-up truck or van injured in collision with two- or three-wheeled motor vehiclenon-billable header
- V53Occupant of pick-up truck or van injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or vannon-billable header
- V55Occupant of pick-up truck or van injured in collision with railway train or railway vehiclenon-billable header
- V56Occupant of pick-up truck or van injured in collision with other nonmotor vehiclenon-billable header
- V57Occupant of pick-up truck or van injured in collision with fixed or stationary objectnon-billable header
- V58Occupant of pick-up truck or van injured in noncollision transport accidentnon-billable header
- V59Occupant of pick-up truck or van injured in other and unspecified transport accidentsnon-billable header
- V54Occupant of pick-up truck or van injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or busnon-billable header