Street, highway and other paved roadways as the place of occurrence of the external cause

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 2 more specific codes instead:

Y92.41 Street and highway as the place of occurrence of the external cause (also a header)
Y92.48 Other paved roadways as the place of occurrence of the external cause (also a header)

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 Street , highway and other paved roadways as the place of occurrence of the external cause
FY2017 Description revised ~~Street , highway and other paved roadways as the place of occurrence of the external cause~~ Street, highway and other paved roadways as the place of occurrence of the external cause

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 Y92 Place of occurrence of the external cause

Also known as

The following category is for use, when relevant, to identify the place of occurrence of the external cause. Use in conjunction with an activity code.
Place of occurrence should be recorded only at the initial encounter for treatment

Inherited from the Y90-Y99 section Supplementary factors related to causes of morbidity classified elsewhere (Y90-Y99)

Note

These categories may be used to provide supplementary information concerning causes of morbidity. They are not to be used for single-condition coding.

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
Y92.0	Non-institutional (private) residence as the place of occurrence of the external cause	Not billable
Y92.1	Institutional (nonprivate) residence as the place of occurrence of the external cause	Not billable
Y92.2	School, other institution and public administrative area as the place of occurrence of the external cause	Not billable
Y92.3	Sports and athletics area as the place of occurrence of the external cause	Not billable
Y92.5	Trade and service area as the place of occurrence of the external cause	Not billable
Y92.6	Industrial and construction area as the place of occurrence of the external cause	Not billable
Y92.7	Farm as the place of occurrence of the external cause	Not billable
Y92.8	Other places as the place of occurrence of the external cause	Not billable
Y92.9	Unspecified place or not applicable	Valid