V73.4 — Person boarding or alighting from bus injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van
Is V73.4 billable?
No — V73.4 is a non-billable header code. V73.4 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 V73.4.
Billable codes under this header
- V73.4XXAPerson boarding or alighting from bus injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van, initial encounter
- V73.4XXDPerson boarding or alighting from bus injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van, subsequent encounter
- V73.4XXSPerson boarding or alighting from bus injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van, sequela
V73.4 at a glance
| Code | V73.4 |
|---|---|
| Description | Person boarding or alighting from bus injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van |
| Billable | No — header code |
| Code set | ICD-10-CM FY2027 |
| Valid for encounters | October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027 |
How is V73.4 listed in the External Cause Index?
These are the routes through the External Cause of Injuries Index that lead to V73.4 — how the injury happened, rather than what the injury was.
- Accident › transport › bus occupant › collision › car › while boarding or alighting (to)
- Accident › transport › bus occupant › collision › pickup truck › while boarding or alighting (to)
- Accident › transport › bus occupant › collision › van › while boarding or alighting (to)
Excludes1 — never code together — inherited from V70-V79
The conditions below can never be reported together with V73.4 on the same claim. An Excludes1 note means the two conditions cannot occur in the same patient, so reporting both is a coding error.
- minibus (V50-V59)
What codes fall under V73.4? (3)
- V73.4XXAPerson boarding or alighting from bus injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van, initial encounter
- V73.4XXDPerson boarding or alighting from bus injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van, subsequent encounter
- V73.4XXSPerson boarding or alighting from bus injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van, sequela
How long has V73.4 existed?
V73.4 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.
What other codes are in the V73 family? (8)
- V73.0Driver of bus injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in nontraffic accidentnot billable
- V73.1Passenger on bus injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in nontraffic accidentnot billable
- V73.2Person on outside of bus injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in nontraffic accidentnot billable
- V73.3Unspecified occupant of bus injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in nontraffic accidentnot billable
- V73.5Driver of bus injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in traffic accidentnot billable
- V73.6Passenger on bus injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in traffic accidentnot billable
- V73.7Person on outside of bus injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in traffic accidentnot billable
- V73.9Unspecified occupant of bus injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in traffic accidentnot billable