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V40

Car occupant injured in collision with pedestrian or animal

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 9 more specific codes instead:

  • V40.0 Car driver injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in nontraffic accident (also a header)
  • V40.1 Car passenger injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in nontraffic accident (also a header)
  • V40.2 Person on outside of car injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in nontraffic accident (also a header)
  • V40.3 Unspecified car occupant injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in nontraffic accident (also a header)
  • V40.4 Person boarding or alighting a car injured in collision with pedestrian or animal (also a header)
  • V40.5 Car driver injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in traffic accident (also a header)
  • V40.6 Car passenger injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in traffic accident (also a header)
  • V40.7 Person on outside of car injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in traffic accident (also a header)
  • V40.9 Unspecified car occupant injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in traffic accident (also a header)

This code requires a seventh character. See the rule below.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Car occupant injured in collision with pedestrian or animal

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

This code

Seventh character required

  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V40

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • car collision with animal-drawn vehicle or animal being ridden (V46.-)

Inherited from the V40-V49 section Car occupant injured in transport accident (V40-V49)

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • bus (V50-V59)
  • minibus (V50-V59)
  • minivan (V50-V59)
  • motorcoach (V70-V79)
  • pick-up truck (V50-V59)
  • sport utility vehicle (SUV) (V50-V59)

Includes

  • a four-wheeled motor vehicle designed primarily for carrying passengers
  • automobile (pulling a trailer or camper)