V48
V48: Car occupant injured in noncollision transport accident
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
V48 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for car occupant injured in noncollision transport 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 V48
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Includes
Conditions this code covers.
- overturning car NOS
- overturning car without collision
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead V48
9 child codes. Green means billable.
- V48.0Car driver injured in noncollision transport accident in nontraffic accident
- V48.1Car passenger injured in noncollision transport accident in nontraffic accident
- V48.2Person on outside of car injured in noncollision transport accident in nontraffic accident
- V48.3Unspecified car occupant injured in noncollision transport accident in nontraffic accident
- V48.4Person boarding or alighting a car injured in noncollision transport accident
- V48.5Car driver injured in noncollision transport accident in traffic accident
- V48.6Car passenger injured in noncollision transport accident in traffic accident
- V48.7Person on outside of car injured in noncollision transport accident in traffic accident
- V48.9Unspecified car occupant injured in noncollision transport accident in traffic accident