DxCodebookFY2027 · Oct 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2027

Category · FY2027

V53 Occupant of pick-up truck or van injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van

  • Header · not billable
  • Codes take a 7th character

V53 is not billable. The category heads 27 billable codes in FY2027, grouped under 9 subdivisions. Its codes take a 7th character, so none is complete with fewer than 7 characters.

Where it sits

  1. Chapter 20 External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99)
  2. V50-V59 Occupant of pick-up truck or van injured in transport accident (V50-V59)
  3. V53 Occupant of pick-up truck or van injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van
Billable codes
27
Subdivisions
9
CC / MCC codes
0 / 0
HCC V28 codes
0
New FY2027
0
Index entries
0

Codes in V53

  1. V53.0
    Driver of pick-up truck or van injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in nontraffic accident +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
  2. V53.1
    Passenger in pick-up truck or van injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in nontraffic accident +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
  3. V53.2
    Person on outside of pick-up truck or van injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in nontraffic accident +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
  4. V53.3
    Unspecified occupant of pick-up truck or van injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in nontraffic accident +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
  5. V53.4
    Person boarding or alighting a pick-up truck or van injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
  6. V53.5
    Driver of pick-up truck or van injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in traffic accident +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
  7. V53.6
    Passenger in pick-up truck or van injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in traffic accident +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
  8. V53.7
    Person on outside of pick-up truck or van injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in traffic accident +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
  9. V53.9
    Unspecified occupant of pick-up truck or van injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in traffic accident +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt

Sources of each column. Rows marked +7th need a 7th character: pick one to build the full code; its code card has its own flags.

Instructions

Notes that also apply

Block V50-V59 instructions (Includes 6, Excludes1 1): printed on the block page.

Instructions for the group V00-V99 (Notes 28, Excludes1 5, Excludes2 1, Use additional code 4): printed on the chapter 20 page.

Chapter 20 instructions (Notes 1): printed on the chapter 20 page.

7th characters

7th characters for V53 defined here

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V53

7th characters for V53
7thMeaning (NCHS)
Ainitial encounter
Dsubsequent encounter
Ssequela

A code that takes a 7th character is invalid without it; the placeholder X fills a code shorter than 6 characters (Official Guidelines I.A.5). How 7th characters work.

Hierarchy