V49.81
V49.81: Car occupant (driver) (passenger) injured in transport accident with military vehicle
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
V49.81 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for car occupant (driver) (passenger) injured in transport accident with military 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 V49
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Other codes that can never be billed with V49.81
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.
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Accident›transport›car occupant›specified type NEC›military vehicle
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead V49.81
3 child codes. Green means billable.
- V49.81XACar occupant (driver) (passenger) injured in transport accident with military vehicle, initial encounter
- V49.81XDCar occupant (driver) (passenger) injured in transport accident with military vehicle, subsequent encounter
- V49.81XSCar occupant (driver) (passenger) injured in transport accident with military vehicle, sequela