ICD-10-CM › V00-Y99 › V40-V49 › V47.5 Car driver injured in collision... › V47.5XXD

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

Valid FY2017 onwards.

What has happened to this code

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 V47 Car occupant injured in collision with fixed or stationary object

Seventh character required

• The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V47

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 > driver > collision > stationary object

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
V47.51	Driver of sport utility vehicle injured in collision with fixed or stationary object in traffic accident	Retired
V47.52	Driver of other type car injured in collision with fixed or stationary object in traffic accident	Retired
V47.5XXA	Car driver injured in collision with fixed or stationary object in traffic accident, initial encounter	Valid
V47.5XXS	Car driver injured in collision with fixed or stationary object in traffic accident, sequela	Valid