V97.0XXA

V97.0XXA: Occupant of aircraft injured in other specified air transport accidents, initial encounter

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

V97.0XXA is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for occupant of aircraft injured in other specified air transport accidents, initial encounter. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check V97.0XXA with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

7th character "A": initial encounter

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V97

A: initial encounter
D: subsequent encounter
S: sequela

Excludes1: never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

accident while boarding or alighting aircraft (V97.1)

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Fall in, on or from aircraft in air transport accident

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above V97.0XXA

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on V97.0: Occupant of aircraft injured in other specified air transport accidents

accident while boarding or alighting aircraft (V97.1)

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.