ICD-10-CM › V00-Y99 › V40-V49 › V46.4 Person boarding or alighting a car... › V46.4XXD
Person boarding or alighting a car injured in collision with other nonmotor vehicle, subsequent encounter
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
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.
- FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Person boarding or alighting a car injured in collision with other nonmotor vehicle, subsequent encounter
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 V46 Car occupant injured in collision with other nonmotor vehicle
Seventh character required
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V46
Includes
- collision with animal-drawn vehicle, animal being ridden, streetcar
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 > streetcar > while boarding or alighting
- Accident > transport > car occupant > collision > animal-drawn vehicle > while boarding or alighting
- Accident > transport > car occupant > collision > animal > being ridden > while boarding or alighting
- Accident > transport > car occupant > collision > specified vehicle NEC > while boarding or alighting
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| V46.4XXA | Person boarding or alighting a car injured in collision with other nonmotor vehicle, initial encounter | Valid |
| V46.4XXS | Person boarding or alighting a car injured in collision with other nonmotor vehicle, sequela | Valid |