ICD-10-CM › V00-Y99 › V95-V97 › V97 Other specified air transport accidents › V97.2
Parachutist 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.
Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:
- V97.21 Parachutist entangled in object (also a header)
- V97.22 Parachutist injured on landing (also a header)
- V97.29 Other parachutist accident (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 Parachutist 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 V97 Other specified air transport accidents
Seventh character required
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V97
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)
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| V97.0 | Occupant of aircraft injured in other specified air transport accidents | Not billable |
| V97.1 | Person injured while boarding or alighting from aircraft | Not billable |
| V97.3 | Person on ground injured in air transport accident | Not billable |
| V97.8 | Other air transport accidents, not elsewhere classified | Not billable |