Accident to nonpowered aircraft causing injury to occupant

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 5 more specific codes instead:

V96.0 Balloon accident injuring occupant (also a header)
V96.1 Hang-glider accident injuring occupant (also a header)
V96.2 Glider (nonpowered) accident injuring occupant (also a header)
V96.8 Other nonpowered-aircraft accidents injuring occupant (also a header)
V96.9 Unspecified nonpowered-aircraft accident injuring occupant (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.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Accident to nonpowered aircraft causing injury to occupant

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 V96

Inherited from the V95-V97 section Air and space transport accidents (V95-V97)

Excludes1 - never coded here

military aircraft accidents in military or war operations (Y36, Y37)