V49.8
V49.8: Car occupant (driver) (passenger) injured in other specified transport accidents
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
V49.8 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for car occupant (driver) (passenger) injured in other specified transport accidents. 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 V49
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Other codes that can never be billed with V49.8
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
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 V49.8
2 child codes. Green means billable.
Other codes under V49
- V49.0Driver injured in collision with other and unspecified motor vehicles in nontraffic accident
- V49.1Passenger injured in collision with other and unspecified motor vehicles in nontraffic accident
- V49.2Unspecified car occupant injured in collision with other and unspecified motor vehicles in nontraffic accident
- V49.3Car occupant (driver) (passenger) injured in unspecified nontraffic accident
- V49.4Driver injured in collision with other and unspecified motor vehicles in traffic accident
- V49.5Passenger injured in collision with other and unspecified motor vehicles in traffic accident
- V49.6Unspecified car occupant injured in collision with other and unspecified motor vehicles in traffic accident
- V49.9Car occupant (driver) (passenger) injured in unspecified traffic accident