Category · FY2027
V78 Bus occupant injured in noncollision transport accident
- Header · not billable
- Codes take a 7th character
V78 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
- Chapter 20 External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99)
- V70-V79 Bus occupant injured in transport accident (V70-V79)
- V78 Bus occupant injured in noncollision transport accident
- Billable codes
- 27
- Subdivisions
- 9
- CC / MCC codes
- 0 / 0
- HCC V28 codes
- 0
- New FY2027
- 0
- Index entries
- 0
Codes in V78
- V78.0Driver of bus injured in noncollision transport accident in nontraffic accident +7th: A D SNeeds 7th characterExempt
- V78.1Passenger on bus injured in noncollision transport accident in nontraffic accident +7th: A D SNeeds 7th characterExempt
- V78.2Person on outside of bus injured in noncollision transport accident in nontraffic accident +7th: A D SNeeds 7th characterExempt
- V78.3Unspecified occupant of bus injured in noncollision transport accident in nontraffic accident +7th: A D SNeeds 7th characterExempt
- V78.4Person boarding or alighting from bus injured in noncollision transport accident +7th: A D SNeeds 7th characterExempt
- V78.5Driver of bus injured in noncollision transport accident in traffic accident +7th: A D SNeeds 7th characterExempt
- V78.6Passenger on bus injured in noncollision transport accident in traffic accident +7th: A D SNeeds 7th characterExempt
- V78.7Person on outside of bus injured in noncollision transport accident in traffic accident +7th: A D SNeeds 7th characterExempt
- V78.9Unspecified occupant of bus injured in noncollision transport accident in traffic accident +7th: A D SNeeds 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
At V78
Includes
- overturning bus NOS
- overturning bus without collision
Notes that also apply
Block V70-V79 instructions (Includes 1, 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 V78 defined here
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V78
| 7th | Meaning (NCHS) |
|---|---|
| A | initial encounter |
| D | subsequent encounter |
| S | sequela |
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.