V15.5 — Pedal cycle passenger injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle in traffic accident

Not billable

Is V15.5 billable?

No — V15.5 is a non-billable header code. V15.5 groups more specific codes and cannot be submitted on a claim. A valid ICD-10-CM code must be reported at the highest level of specificity available in its branch. Select one of the 3 billable codes beneath V15.5.

Billable codes under this header

V15.5XXAPedal cycle passenger injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle in traffic accident, initial encounter
V15.5XXDPedal cycle passenger injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle in traffic accident, subsequent encounter
V15.5XXSPedal cycle passenger injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle in traffic accident, sequela

V15.5 at a glance

Code	V15.5
Description	Pedal cycle passenger injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle in traffic accident
Billable	No — header code
Code set	ICD-10-CM FY2027
Valid for encounters	October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027

How is V15.5 listed in the External Cause Index?

These are the routes through the External Cause of Injuries Index that lead to V15.5 — how the injury happened, rather than what the injury was.

Accident › transport › pedal cyclist › passenger › collision › railway vehicle (to)

Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from V10-V19

The conditions below are not part of V15.5, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, V15.5 and the excluded code may both be reported.

rupture of pedal cycle tire (W37.0)

What codes fall under V15.5? (3)

How long has V15.5 existed?

V15.5 has been in ICD-10-CM since at least FY2016, the earliest fiscal year on record here.

Derived from the official order files for FY2016–FY2026. FY2017 and FY2020 publish no order file, so those years are not covered.