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V97.81

Air transport accident involving military aircraft

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:

  • V97.810 Civilian aircraft involved in air transport accident with military aircraft (also a header)
  • V97.811 Civilian injured by military aircraft (also a header)
  • V97.818 Other air transport accident involving military aircraft (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 Air transport accident involving military aircraft

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

CodeDescriptionStatus
V97.89 Other air transport accidents, not elsewhere classified Not billable