V40

Non-Billable
ChapterV00–Y99
Rankcategory
Official Description

Car occupant injured in collision with pedestrian or animal

Metadata & Insights
  • Non-billable category (requires more specific sub-code).
  • Chapter 20: External Causes of Morbidity (V00-Y99).

V40-V49 Parent Instructions

Includes
  • a four-wheeled motor vehicle designed primarily for carrying passengers
  • automobile (pulling a trailer or camper)
Excludes1(Not coded here. Use a different code.)

Instructional Notes

Excludes1(Not coded here. Use a different code.)
  • car collision with animal-drawn vehicle or animal being ridden (V46.-)

Clinical Hierarchy

BillableHas subcodes
CH20External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99)
V40-V49Car occupant injured in transport accident (V40-V49)
V40Car occupant injured in collision with pedestrian or animalNot billable
V40.0Car driver injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in nontraffic accidentBillable
V40.1Car passenger injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in nontraffic accidentBillable
V40.2Person on outside of car injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in nontraffic accidentBillable
V40.3Unspecified car occupant injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in nontraffic accidentBillable
V40.4Person boarding or alighting a car injured in collision with pedestrian or animalBillable
V40.5Car driver injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in traffic accidentBillable
V40.6Car passenger injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in traffic accidentBillable
V40.7Person on outside of car injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in traffic accidentBillable
V40.9Unspecified car occupant injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in traffic accidentBillable

Applicable Ancestor Context

The following parent sections contain instructions or notes that apply to V40:

blockV40-V49
Car occupant injured in transport accident (V40-V49)
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MS-DRG Classification

2026

No direct MS-DRG triggers identified.

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