ICD-10-CM › V00-Y99 › V40-V49 › V43 Car occupant injured in collision... › V43.6
Car passenger injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van 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 4 more specific codes instead:
- V43.61 Car passenger injured in collision with sport utility vehicle in traffic accident (also a header)
- V43.62 Car passenger injured in collision with other type car in traffic accident (also a header)
- V43.63 Car passenger injured in collision with pick-up truck in traffic accident (also a header)
- V43.64 Car passenger injured in collision with van 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.
- FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Car passenger injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van 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 V43 Car occupant injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van
Seventh character required
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V43
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)
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| V43.0 | Car driver injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in nontraffic accident | Not billable |
| V43.1 | Car passenger injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in nontraffic accident | Not billable |
| V43.2 | Person on outside of car injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in nontraffic accident | Not billable |
| V43.3 | Unspecified car occupant injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in nontraffic accident | Not billable |
| V43.4 | Person boarding or alighting a car injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van | Not billable |
| V43.5 | Car driver injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in traffic accident | Not billable |
| V43.7 | Person on outside of car injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in traffic accident | Not billable |
| V43.9 | Unspecified car occupant injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in traffic accident | Not billable |