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V87

Traffic accident of specified type but victim's mode of transport unknown

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 10 more specific codes instead:

  • V87.0 Person injured in collision between car and two- or three-wheeled powered vehicle (traffic) (also a header)
  • V87.1 Person injured in collision between other motor vehicle and two- or three-wheeled motor vehicle (traffic) (also a header)
  • V87.2 Person injured in collision between car and pick-up truck or van (traffic) (also a header)
  • V87.3 Person injured in collision between car and bus (traffic) (also a header)
  • V87.4 Person injured in collision between car and heavy transport vehicle (traffic) (also a header)
  • V87.5 Person injured in collision between heavy transport vehicle and bus (traffic) (also a header)
  • V87.6 Person injured in collision between railway train or railway vehicle and car (traffic) (also a header)
  • V87.7 Person injured in collision between other specified motor vehicles (traffic) (also a header)
  • V87.8 Person injured in other specified noncollision transport accidents involving motor vehicle (traffic) (also a header)
  • V87.9 Person injured in other specified (collision)(noncollision) transport accidents involving nonmotor vehicle (traffic) (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 Traffic accident of specified type but victim's mode of transport unknown

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 V87

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • collision involving:
  • pedal cycle (V10-V19)
  • pedestrian (V01-V09)