V80-V89Not billable, use a more specific code below
Other land transport accidents (V80-V89)
chapter 20: External Causes of Morbidity
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Official coding guidelines
From the ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting, FY 2027 (CMS and NCHS). Links open the PDF at the right page.
Covers how to report external cause codes (V00-Y99) describing cause, intent, place, activity, and status. They are never principal or first-listed, and reporting is voluntary unless required.
- General External Cause Coding Guidelines (page 88)
- Place of Occurrence Guideline (page 89)
- Activity Code (page 89)
- Place of Occurrence, Activity, and Status Codes Used with other External Cause Code (page 89)
- If the Reporting Format Limits the Number of External Cause Codes (page 90)
- Multiple External Cause Coding Guidelines (page 90)
- Child and Adult Abuse Guideline (page 90)
- Unknown or Undetermined Intent Guideline (page 91)
Codes under V80-V89
V80-V89 can't be used on a claim. Pick a billable code below; grey headings group them.
- V80Animal-rider or occupant of animal-drawn vehicle injured in transport accident
- V81Occupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured in transport accident
- V82Occupant of powered streetcar injured in transport accident
- V83Occupant of special vehicle mainly used on industrial premises injured in transport accident
- V84Occupant of special vehicle mainly used in agriculture injured in transport accident
- V85Occupant of special construction vehicle injured in transport accident
- V86Occupant of special all-terrain or other off-road motor vehicle, injured in transport accident
- V87Traffic accident of specified type but victim's mode of transport unknown
- V88Nontraffic accident of specified type but victim's mode of transport unknown
- V89Motor- or nonmotor-vehicle accident, type of vehicle unspecified
V80-V89 MS-DRGs
This code does not group to an MS-DRG as a principal diagnosis.