Question 1

What is ICD-10 code V78?

Accepted Answer

ICD-10-CM code V78 represents "Bus occupant injured in noncollision transport accident". It is a non-billable header code — use a more specific child code for billing purposes.

Question 2

Is V78 a billable code?

Accepted Answer

No, V78 is a non-billable header code. You need to use one of its more specific child codes for billing. There are 9 child codes under V78.

Question 3

What chapter is V78 in?

Accepted Answer

V78 is in Chapter 21: External Causes of Morbidity (codes V00-Y99).

Question 4

What codes cannot be used with V78?

Accepted Answer

V78 has Excludes1 notes indicating codes that cannot be used together with it, including: minibus (V50-V59).

Question 5

What are the subcategories under V78?

Accepted Answer

V78 has 9 child codes, including: V78.0 (Driver of bus injured in nonclsn transport accident nontraf), V78.1 (Pasngr on bus injured in nonclsn transport accident nontraf), V78.2 (Person outside bus injured in nonclsn trnsp accident nontraf), V78.3 (Occup of bus injured in nonclsn transport accident nontraf), and 5 more.

Question 6

What are the UMLS CUIs for V78?

Accepted Answer

V78 is linked to 3 UMLS Concept Unique Identifiers: C4290445, C0477125, C4290446. The UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) integrates multiple biomedical vocabularies maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

V78

Coding Notes

Includes

Excludes 1

7th Character Definitions

Child Codes (9)

Also Known As / Clinical Terms

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