V codes are supplemental to the ICD-9 codes and include reasons for a visit that arent necessarily because the patient has a disease. Physicians use V code classification for circumstances other than a disease or injury classified as diagnoses or problems under ICD-9 codes 001-999.
V Codes are divided into nine categories:
V01-V06 — Persons with potential health hazards to communicable diseases
V07-V09 — Persons with need of isolation, other potential health hazards and prophylactic measures
V10-V19 — Persons [...]
