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V86.41

Person injured while boarding or alighting from ambulance or fire engine

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:

  • V86.41XA Person injured while boarding or alighting from ambulance or fire engine, initial encounter
  • V86.41XD Person injured while boarding or alighting from ambulance or fire engine, subsequent encounter
  • V86.41XS Person injured while boarding or alighting from ambulance or fire engine, 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 Person injured while boarding or alighting from ambulance or fire engine

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 V86 Occupant of special all-terrain or other off-road motor vehicle, injured in transport accident

Seventh character required

  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V86

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • special all-terrain vehicle in stationary use or maintenance (W31.-)
  • sport-utility vehicle (V50-V59)
  • three-wheeled motor vehicle designed for on-road use (V30-V39)

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
V86.42 Person injured while boarding or alighting from snowmobile Not billable
V86.43 Person injured while boarding or alighting from dune buggy Not billable
V86.44 Person injured while boarding or alighting from military vehicle Not billable
V86.45 Person injured while boarding or alighting from a 3- or 4- wheeled all-terrain vehicle (ATV) Not billable
V86.46 Person injured while boarding or alighting from a dirt bike or motor/cross bike Not billable
V86.49 Person injured while boarding or alighting from other special all-terrain or other off-road motor vehicle Not billable