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V96.9

Unspecified nonpowered-aircraft accident injuring 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 3 more specific codes instead:

  • V96.9XXA Unspecified nonpowered-aircraft accident injuring occupant, initial encounter
  • V96.9XXD Unspecified nonpowered-aircraft accident injuring occupant, subsequent encounter
  • V96.9XXS Unspecified nonpowered-aircraft accident injuring occupant, 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 Unspecified nonpowered-aircraft accident injuring 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.

Inherited from V96 Accident to nonpowered aircraft causing injury to occupant

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)

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
V96.0 Balloon accident injuring occupant Not billable
V96.1 Hang-glider accident injuring occupant Not billable
V96.2 Glider (nonpowered) accident injuring occupant Not billable
V96.8 Other nonpowered-aircraft accidents injuring occupant Not billable