V70.2

Person on outside of bus injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in nontraffic accident

FY2027Chapter 20: External causes of morbidity/V70–V79 Bus occupant injured in transport accident

Non-billable headerNot valid on its own. Use one of the more specific codes under it.

V70.2 is a non-billable ICD-10-CM code header for person on outside of bus injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in nontraffic accident. Report a more specific code from it instead. It is part of the FY2027 code set, effective October 1, 2026. A 7th character is required to complete the code. Its coding notes include 2 Excludes1 entries.

7th character

Category V70 requires a 7th character. V70.2 has only 4 characters, so a placeholder X fills the empty positions.

Assembled code V70.2XXA 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 V70 Bus occupant injured in collision with pedestrian or animal
  • bus collision with animal-drawn vehicle or animal being ridden (V76.-)
Also from chapter/block level (1 note)
Inherited from V70–V79 Bus occupant injured in transport accident

Includes

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

Also from chapter/block level (1 note)
Inherited from V70–V79 Bus occupant injured in transport accident
  • motorcoach

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.

7th-character codes under V70.2 3