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V79.3

Bus occupant (driver) (passenger) injured in unspecified nontraffic 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.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:

  • V79.3XXA Bus occupant (driver) (passenger) injured in unspecified nontraffic accident, initial encounter
  • V79.3XXD Bus occupant (driver) (passenger) injured in unspecified nontraffic accident, subsequent encounter
  • V79.3XXS Bus occupant (driver) (passenger) injured in unspecified nontraffic accident, sequela

This code requires a seventh character. See the rule below.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2014 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. FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Bus occupant (driver) (passenger) injured in unspecified nontraffic 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 V79 Bus occupant injured in other and unspecified transport accidents

Seventh character required

  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V79

Inherited from the V70-V79 section Bus occupant injured in transport accident (V70-V79)

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • minibus (V50-V59)

Includes

  • motorcoach

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
V79.0 Driver of bus injured in collision with other and unspecified motor vehicles in nontraffic accident Not billable
V79.1 Passenger on bus injured in collision with other and unspecified motor vehicles in nontraffic accident Not billable
V79.2 Unspecified bus occupant injured in collision with other and unspecified motor vehicles in nontraffic accident Not billable
V79.4 Driver of bus injured in collision with other and unspecified motor vehicles in traffic accident Not billable
V79.5 Passenger on bus injured in collision with other and unspecified motor vehicles in traffic accident Not billable
V79.6 Unspecified bus occupant injured in collision with other and unspecified motor vehicles in traffic accident Not billable
V79.8 Bus occupant (driver) (passenger) injured in other specified transport accidents Not billable
V79.9 Bus occupant (driver) (passenger) injured in unspecified traffic accident Not billable