ICD-10-CM › V00-Y99 › V40-V49 › V40 Car occupant injured in collision... › V40.9
Unspecified car occupant injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in traffic accident
Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.
Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:
- V40.9XXA Unspecified car occupant injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in traffic accident, initial encounter
- V40.9XXD Unspecified car occupant injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in traffic accident, subsequent encounter
- V40.9XXS Unspecified car occupant injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in traffic accident, sequela
This code requires a seventh character. See the rule below.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2014 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.
- FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Unspecified car occupant injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in traffic accident
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.
Inherited from V40 Car occupant injured in collision with pedestrian or animal
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)
How CDC's index refers to this code
Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.
- Accident > car
- Accident > automobile
- Accident > transport > occupant > car
- Accident > transport > occupant > automobile
- Accident > transport > car occupant > collision > animal
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| V40.0 | Car driver injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in nontraffic accident | Not billable |
| V40.1 | Car passenger injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in nontraffic accident | Not billable |
| V40.2 | Person on outside of car injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in nontraffic accident | Not billable |
| V40.3 | Unspecified car occupant injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in nontraffic accident | Not billable |
| V40.4 | Person boarding or alighting a car injured in collision with pedestrian or animal | Not billable |
| V40.5 | Car driver injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in traffic accident | Not billable |
| V40.6 | Car passenger injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in traffic accident | Not billable |
| V40.7 | Person on outside of car injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in traffic accident | Not billable |