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V48.9

V48.9: Unspecified car occupant injured in noncollision transport accident in traffic accident

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

V48.9 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for unspecified car occupant injured in noncollision transport accident 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 V48

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›noncollision accident(traffic)

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead V48.9

3 child codes. Green means billable.

Other codes under V48

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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