V40.4

V40.4: Person boarding or alighting a car injured in collision with pedestrian or animal

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

V40.4 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for person boarding or alighting a car injured in collision with pedestrian or animal. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below. This code also requires a 7th character before it is complete.

This code requires a 7th character

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V40

A: initial encounter
D: subsequent encounter
S: sequela

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above V40.4

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on V40: Car occupant injured in collision with pedestrian or animal

car collision with animal-drawn vehicle or animal being ridden (V46.-)

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Accident›transport›car occupant›collision›animal›while boarding or alighting

V40.4: Person boarding or alighting a car injured in collision with pedestrian or animal

This code requires a 7th character

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above V40.4

Risk adjustment

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Code history

Code to one of these instead V40.4

Other codes under V40