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ICD-10-CM Codes
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V00-Y99
External causes of morbidity
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V40-V49
Car occupant injured in transport accident
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Car occupant injured in collision with pedestrian or animal
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2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code V40
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code V40
Car occupant injured in collision with pedestrian or animal
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
- V40 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
- The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM V40 became effective on October 1, 2020.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of V40 - other international versions of ICD-10 V40 may differ.
ICD-10-CM Coding Rules
- V40 describes the circumstance causing an injury, not the nature of the injury.
Type 1 ExcludesType 1 Excludes Help
A type 1 excludes note is a pure excludes. It means "not coded here". A type 1 excludes note indicates that the code excluded should never be used at the same time as V40. A type 1 excludes note is for used for when two conditions cannot occur together, such as a congenital form versus an acquired form of the same condition.
The following code(s) above
V40 contain annotation back-references
Annotation Back-References
In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:
- Applicable To annotations, or
- Code Also annotations, or
- Code First annotations, or
- Excludes1 annotations, or
- Excludes2 annotations, or
- Includes annotations, or
- Note annotations, or
- Use Additional annotations
that may be applicable to
V40:
- 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
- 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
- 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
- 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
- 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
- 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To V40
V39.89 Occupant (driver) (passenger) of three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in other specified transport accidents
V39.9 Occupant (driver) (passenger) of three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in unspecified traffic accident
V40
Car occupant injured in collision with pedestrian or animal
V40.0 Car driver injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in nontraffic accident
V40.1 Car passenger injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in nontraffic accident
V40.2 Person on outside of car injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in nontraffic accident
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.
