V40 Non-Billable Code
Car occupant injured in collision with pedestrian or animal
Chapter Classification
Chapter 20
External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99)
Section Detail
V40-V49
Car occupant injured in transport accident (V40-V49)
Coding Guidelines & Notes
excludes1
- car collision with animal-drawn vehicle or animal being ridden (V46.-)
sevenChrDef
- {'char': 'A', 'text': 'initial encounter'}
- {'char': 'D', 'text': 'subsequent encounter'}
- {'char': 'S', 'text': 'sequela'}
sevenChrNote
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V40
More Specific Diagnosis Codes
This code is not billable as it requires a higher level of specificity. Select a more specific code below.
- V40.0 - Car driver injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in nontraffic accident Billable
- V40.1 - Car passenger injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in nontraffic accident Billable
- V40.2 - Person on outside of car injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in nontraffic accident Billable
- V40.3 - Unspecified car occupant injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in nontraffic accident Billable
- V40.4 - Person boarding or alighting a car injured in collision with pedestrian or animal Billable
- V40.5 - Car driver injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in traffic accident Billable
- V40.6 - Car passenger injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in traffic accident Billable
- V40.7 - Person on outside of car injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in traffic accident Billable
- V40.9 - Unspecified car occupant injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in traffic accident Billable
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