V49.8
Header — not billableCar occupant (driver) (passenger) injured in other specified transport accidents
The ICD-10 code for car occupant (driver) (passenger) injured in other specified transport accidents is V49.8.
V49.8 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 2 more specific codes below.
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •This is a non-billable header code. Documentation must support a more specific child code before this diagnosis can be reported on a claim.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Related codes in this category
- V49.0Driver injured in collision with other and unspecified motor vehicles in nontraffic accidentnon-billable header
- V49.1Passenger injured in collision with other and unspecified motor vehicles in nontraffic accidentnon-billable header
- V49.2Unspecified car occupant injured in collision with other and unspecified motor vehicles in nontraffic accidentnon-billable header
- V49.3Car occupant (driver) (passenger) injured in unspecified nontraffic accident
- V49.4Driver injured in collision with other and unspecified motor vehicles in traffic accidentnon-billable header
- V49.5Passenger injured in collision with other and unspecified motor vehicles in traffic accidentnon-billable header
- V49.6Unspecified car occupant injured in collision with other and unspecified motor vehicles in traffic accidentnon-billable header
- V49.9Car occupant (driver) (passenger) injured in unspecified traffic accident
- V49.8Car occupant (driver) (passenger) injured in other specified transport accidentsnon-billable header