V64.4XXA

Person boarding or alighting a heavy transport vehicle injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus while boarding or alighting, initial encounter

FY2027Chapter 20: External causes of morbidity/V60–V69 Occupant of heavy transport vehicle injured in transport accident

BillableComplete code, valid to report

V64.4XXA (also written V644XXA) is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for person boarding or alighting a heavy transport vehicle injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus while boarding or alighting, initial encounter. It is part of the FY2027 code set, effective October 1, 2026. It is one of the 27 codes in category V64 (Occupant of heavy transport vehicle injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus). Its 7th character, A, means initial encounter. Its coding notes include 3 Excludes1 entries.

7th character

Category V64 requires a 7th character. V64.4 has only 4 characters, so a placeholder X fills the empty positions.

Assembled code V64.4XXA Open code

Guidelines tip

From the FY2027 Official Guidelines. ICD10Ref adds no rules of its own.

An external cause code is never a principal or first-listed diagnosis. Its 7th character is assigned for each encounter and should match the injury or condition code.

Guidelines I.C.20.a.2; I.C.20.a.6External cause codesRead the official text

Excludes1

Not coded here. The listed conditions generally should not be reported together.

Inherited from V64 Occupant of heavy transport vehicle injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus
  • occupant of heavy transport vehicle injured in collision with military vehicle (V69.81)
Also from chapter/block level (2 notes)
Inherited from V60–V69 Occupant of heavy transport vehicle injured in transport accident
  • bus
  • motorcoach

Includes

Further defines or gives examples of the content of the category.

Also from chapter/block level (3 notes)
Inherited from V60–V69 Occupant of heavy transport vehicle injured in transport accident
  • 18 wheeler
  • armored car
  • panel truck

Notes

Also from chapter/block level (1 note)
Inherited from Chapter 20 External causes of morbidity
  • This chapter permits the classification of environmental events and circumstances as the cause of injury, and other adverse effects. Where a code from this section is applicable, it is intended that it shall be used secondary to a code from another chapter of the Classification indicating the nature of the condition. Most often, the condition will be classifiable to Chapter 19, Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88). Other conditions that may be stated to be due to external causes are classified in Chapters I to XVIII. For these conditions, codes from Chapter 20 should be used to provide additional information as to the cause of the condition.