V40Non-billable
Car occupant injured in collision with pedestrian or animal
External Causes of Morbidity·Car occupant injured in transport accident (V40-V49)·category·FY 2026
Use a more specific code (9 billable)
V40.0Car driver injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in nontraffic accidentV40.1Car passenger injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in nontraffic accidentV40.2Person on outside of car injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in nontraffic accidentV40.3Unspecified car occupant injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in nontraffic accidentV40.4Person boarding or alighting a car injured in collision with pedestrian or animalV40.5Car driver injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in traffic accidentV40.6Car passenger injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in traffic accidentV40.7Person on outside of car injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in traffic accidentV40.9Unspecified car occupant injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in traffic accident
V40-V49 Parent Instructions
Instructional Notes
Excludes1(Not coded here. Use a different code.)
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
V40.2Person 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
V40.7Person 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
MS-DRG Classification
No direct MS-DRG triggers identified.