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V44.5XXS

Car driver injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in traffic accident, sequela

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2007 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. FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Car driver injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in traffic accident, sequela

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 V44 Car occupant injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus

Seventh character required

  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V44

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • car occupant injured in collision with military vehicle (V49.81)

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
V44.5XXA Car driver injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in traffic accident, initial encounter Valid
V44.5XXD Car driver injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in traffic accident, subsequent encounter Valid