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V49

Car occupant injured in other and unspecified transport accidents

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 9 more specific codes instead:

  • V49.0 Driver injured in collision with other and unspecified motor vehicles in nontraffic accident (also a header)
  • V49.1 Passenger injured in collision with other and unspecified motor vehicles in nontraffic accident (also a header)
  • V49.2 Unspecified car occupant injured in collision with other and unspecified motor vehicles in nontraffic accident (also a header)
  • V49.3 Car occupant (driver) (passenger) injured in unspecified nontraffic accident (also a header)
  • V49.4 Driver injured in collision with other and unspecified motor vehicles in traffic accident (also a header)
  • V49.5 Passenger injured in collision with other and unspecified motor vehicles in traffic accident (also a header)
  • V49.6 Unspecified car occupant injured in collision with other and unspecified motor vehicles in traffic accident (also a header)
  • V49.8 Car occupant (driver) (passenger) injured in other specified transport accidents (also a header)
  • V49.9 Car occupant (driver) (passenger) injured in unspecified 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.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Car occupant injured in other and unspecified transport accidents

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.

This code

Seventh character required

  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V49

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)