ICD-10-CM › V00-Y99 › V98-V99 › V codes › V99

V99

Unspecified transport 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.

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:

  • V99.XXXA Unspecified transport accident, initial encounter
  • V99.XXXD Unspecified transport accident, subsequent encounter
  • V99.XXXS Unspecified transport accident, 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 transport 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.

This code

Seventh character required

  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to code V99

Inherited from the V98-V99 section Other and unspecified transport accidents (V98-V99)

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • vehicle accident, type of vehicle unspecified (V89.-)

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.