V46.4
V46.4: Person boarding or alighting a car injured in collision with other nonmotor vehicle
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
V46.4 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for person boarding or alighting a car injured in collision with other nonmotor vehicle. 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 V46
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Other codes that can never be billed with V46.4
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- V40Car occupant injured in collision with pedestrian or animal
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-drawn vehicle›while boarding or alighting
- Accident›transport›car occupant›collision›specified vehicle NEC›while boarding or alighting
- Accident›transport›car occupant›collision›streetcar›while boarding or alighting
- Accident›transport›car occupant›collision›animal›being ridden›while boarding or alighting
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead V46.4
3 child codes. Green means billable.
- V46.4XXAPerson boarding or alighting a car injured in collision with other nonmotor vehicle, initial encounter
- V46.4XXDPerson boarding or alighting a car injured in collision with other nonmotor vehicle, subsequent encounter
- V46.4XXSPerson boarding or alighting a car injured in collision with other nonmotor vehicle, sequela
Other codes under V46
- V46.0Car driver injured in collision with other nonmotor vehicle in nontraffic accident
- V46.1Car passenger injured in collision with other nonmotor vehicle in nontraffic accident
- V46.2Person on outside of car injured in collision with other nonmotor vehicle in nontraffic accident
- V46.3Unspecified car occupant injured in collision with other nonmotor vehicle in nontraffic accident
- V46.5Car driver injured in collision with other nonmotor vehicle in traffic accident
- V46.6Car passenger injured in collision with other nonmotor vehicle in traffic accident
- V46.7Person on outside of car injured in collision with other nonmotor vehicle in traffic accident
- V46.9Unspecified car occupant injured in collision with other nonmotor vehicle in traffic accident