V40-V49 — Car occupant injured in transport accident
ICD-10-CM codes V40-V49 cover car occupant injured in transport accident, within external causes of morbidity. The block holds 522 codes across 10 categories, of which 372 are billable and 150 are header codes that cannot be submitted on a claim. 522 of them (100%) require a 7th character.
Excludes1 — never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
Includes
Conditions this code covers.
- a four-wheeled motor vehicle designed primarily for carrying passengers
- automobile (pulling a trailer or camper)
The 7th character in V40-V49
A code in this block is not complete without its 7th character, and a missing one is a rejected claim rather than a denied one: the clearinghouse never passes it on. 522 of the 522 codes here take one.
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Categories in V40-V49
- V40Car occupant injured in collision with pedestrian or animal
- V41Car occupant injured in collision with pedal cycle
- V42Car occupant injured in collision with two- or three-wheeled motor vehicle
- V43Car occupant injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van
- V44Car occupant injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus
- V45Car occupant injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle
- V46Car occupant injured in collision with other nonmotor vehicle
- V47Car occupant injured in collision with fixed or stationary object
- V48Car occupant injured in noncollision transport accident
- V49Car occupant injured in other and unspecified transport accidents