V43.72
V43.72: Person on outside of car injured in collision with other type car in traffic accident
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
V43.72 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for person on outside of car injured in collision with other type car in traffic accident. 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 V43
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
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›hanger-on›collision›car(traffic)
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead V43.72
3 child codes. Green means billable.
- V43.72XAPerson on outside of car injured in collision with other type car in traffic accident, initial encounter
- V43.72XDPerson on outside of car injured in collision with other type car in traffic accident, subsequent encounter
- V43.72XSPerson on outside of car injured in collision with other type car in traffic accident, sequela