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V42.0

Car driver injured in collision with two- or three-wheeled motor vehicle in nontraffic 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.

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

Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:

  • V42.0XXA Car driver injured in collision with two- or three-wheeled motor vehicle in nontraffic accident, initial encounter
  • V42.0XXD Car driver injured in collision with two- or three-wheeled motor vehicle in nontraffic accident, subsequent encounter
  • V42.0XXS Car driver injured in collision with two- or three-wheeled motor vehicle in nontraffic 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.

  1. FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Car driver injured in collision with two- or three-wheeled motor vehicle in nontraffic 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 V42 Car occupant injured in collision with two- or three-wheeled motor vehicle

Seventh character required

  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V42

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.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
V42.1 Car passenger injured in collision with two- or three-wheeled motor vehicle in nontraffic accident Not billable
V42.2 Person on outside of car injured in collision with two- or three-wheeled motor vehicle in nontraffic accident Not billable
V42.3 Unspecified car occupant injured in collision with two- or three-wheeled motor vehicle in nontraffic accident Not billable
V42.4 Person boarding or alighting a car injured in collision with two- or three-wheeled motor vehicle Not billable
V42.5 Car driver injured in collision with two- or three-wheeled motor vehicle in traffic accident Not billable
V42.6 Car passenger injured in collision with two- or three-wheeled motor vehicle in traffic accident Not billable
V42.7 Person on outside of car injured in collision with two- or three-wheeled motor vehicle in traffic accident Not billable
V42.9 Unspecified car occupant injured in collision with two- or three-wheeled motor vehicle in traffic accident Not billable