V95.9 vs V97.8
V95.9 (Unspecified aircraft accident injuring occupant) compared with V97.8 (Other air transport accidents, not elsewhere classified), from the official CMS tabular data. Do not report these codes together: the official tabular list marks them Excludes1.
Can these codes be reported together?
No — do not report together. V97.8 carries an Excludes1 note covering V95.9: “aircraft accident NOS (V95.9)”
Sole exception: when the two conditions are documented as unrelated to each other (ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines, Section I.A.12.a).
Side by side
| V95.9Unspecified aircraft accident injuring occupant | V97.8Other air transport accidents, not elsewhere classified | |
|---|---|---|
| Billing status | Non-billable header | Non-billable header Report instead: V97.810A, V97.810D, V97.810S, V97.811A, V97.811D |
| Classification | V00-Y99 — External Causes of Morbidity (V00-Y99) | V00-Y99 — External Causes of Morbidity (V00-Y99) |
| Definition | Unspecified aircraft accident injuring occupant is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (V95.9). | Other air transport accidents, not elsewhere classified is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (V97.8). |
| 7th character | The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V95 | The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V97 |
| Includes | Aircraft accident NOS Air transport accident NOS | — |
Derived from the official CMS ICD-10-CM tabular data (FY2026). Not billing advice; verify sequencing rules for the encounter. All data sources