V79.8
Header — not billableBus occupant (driver) (passenger) injured in other specified transport accidents
The ICD-10 code for bus occupant (driver) (passenger) injured in other specified transport accidents is V79.8.
V79.8 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 2 more specific codes below.
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •This is a non-billable header code. Documentation must support a more specific child code before this diagnosis can be reported on a claim.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Related codes in this category
- V79.0Driver of bus injured in collision with other and unspecified motor vehicles in nontraffic accidentnon-billable header
- V79.1Passenger on bus injured in collision with other and unspecified motor vehicles in nontraffic accidentnon-billable header
- V79.2Unspecified bus occupant injured in collision with other and unspecified motor vehicles in nontraffic accidentnon-billable header
- V79.3Bus occupant (driver) (passenger) injured in unspecified nontraffic accident
- V79.4Driver of bus injured in collision with other and unspecified motor vehicles in traffic accidentnon-billable header
- V79.5Passenger on bus injured in collision with other and unspecified motor vehicles in traffic accidentnon-billable header
- V79.6Unspecified bus occupant injured in collision with other and unspecified motor vehicles in traffic accidentnon-billable header
- V79.9Bus occupant (driver) (passenger) injured in unspecified traffic accident
- V79.8Bus occupant (driver) (passenger) injured in other specified transport accidentsnon-billable header