ICD-10-CM Code V49.8
Car occupant (driver) (passenger) injured in other specified transport accidents
NON-BILLABLE
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ICD-10 from 2011 - 2016
Non-Billable Code
Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.ICD Code V49.8 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the two child codes of V49.8 that describes the diagnosis 'car occupant (driver) injured in oth transport accidents' in more detail.
Coding Advice SNOMET-CT
- This is an external cause code for use in a secondary position
ICD-10-CM External Cause Index References for 'V49.8 - Car occupant (driver) (passenger) injured in other specified transport accidents'
The ICD-10-CM External Cause Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code V49.8. Click on any term below to browse the external cause index.
Parent Code: V49 - Car occupant injured in other and unspecified transport accidents