V97 vs V97.0XXA
V97 (Other specified air transport accidents) compared with V97.0XXA (Occupant of aircraft injured in other specified air transport accidents, initial encounter), from the official CMS tabular data.
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Summary
These codes represent different levels of the same hierarchy: V97 is the non-billable header that contains V97.0XXA, so only V97.0XXA (or a sibling) is reported.
Registry fact- What is different?
The conditions named and billing status.V97 is “Other specified air transport accidents”; V97.0XXA is “Occupant of aircraft injured in other specified air transport accidents, initial encounter”. V97 is a non-billable header; V97.0XXA is billable.
Registry fact
- Can these codes be reported together?
Not as a pair.V97 is the non-billable header that contains V97.0XXA. A header is not reported on a claim, so the choice is V97.0XXA or a sibling that matches the documentation.
Registry fact
- Is there an Excludes1 relationship?
None.Neither entry carries an Excludes1 note that names the other code. V97 carries 1 Excludes1 note and V97.0XXA carries 2 Excludes1 notes covering other codes; the side-by-side table quotes them.
Official rule
- Is there an Excludes2 relationship?
None.Neither entry carries an Excludes2 note that names the other code.
Official rule
- Is one more specific?
Yes.V97.0XXA is a subdivision of V97 in the tabular hierarchy, so it is the more specific of the two.
Registry fact
- Is one a parent or header code?
Yes.V97 is the non-billable header that contains V97.0XXA. A header stands for the whole family beneath it and is not reported on a claim.
Registry fact
- Are there sequencing instructions?
None.Neither entry carries a Code First or Use Additional Code note that names the other.
Official rule
- Are there other coding relationships?
None found.No laterality, encounter-phase, Table of Neoplasms, Table of Drugs and Chemicals, or history-versus-active-disease relationship links these codes.
MedCoder-derived
Official rule: a tabular instructional note or a section of the ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines, quoted as published. Registry fact: the codes’ own published attributes (titles, billable status, position in the hierarchy, code set). MedCoder-derived: a reading MedCoder computes from those facts; it is not itself a rule. How to read the labels
Can these codes be reported together?
Not as a pair — V97 is not reportable. V97 is the non-billable category that contains V97.0XXA.
A header stands for the whole family of codes beneath it and is not reported on a claim, so the choice is V97.0XXA or a sibling that matches the documentation. No Excludes1/Excludes2 relationship exists between these codes in the official tabular list.
Official guidance behind these answers
Section I.B.2 — Level of Detail in Coding · applies to: V97 and V97.0XXA
Diagnosis codes are to be used and reported at their highest number of characters available and to the highest level of specificity documented in the medical record. ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes are composed of codes with 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7 characters. Codes with three characters are included in ICD-10-CM as the heading of a category of codes that may be further subdivided by the use of fourth and/or fifth characters and/or sixth characters, which provide greater detail. A three-character code is to be used only if it is not further subdivided. A code is invalid if it has not been coded to the full number of characters required for that code, including the 7th character, if applicable.
ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines FY2027
Quoted from the ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting in effect for the release shown. The tabular notes above are the code-level instruction; these sections are the convention that says how such a note is applied. Source document (CMS PDF) · Release and checksum
Side by side
| V97Other specified air transport accidents | V97.0XXAOccupant of aircraft injured in other specified air transport accidents, initial encounter | |
|---|---|---|
| Billing status | Non-billable header Report instead: V97.0XXA, V97.0XXD, V97.0XXS, V97.1XXA, V97.1XXD | Billable |
| Classification | V00-Y99 — External Causes of Morbidity (V00-Y99) | V00-Y99 — External Causes of Morbidity (V00-Y99) |
| Definition | Other specified air transport accidents is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (V97). | Occupant of aircraft injured in other specified air transport accidents, initial encounter is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (V97.0XXA). |
| 7th character | The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V97 | The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V97 |
| Includes | — | Fall in, on or from aircraft in air transport accident |
| Excludes1 | military aircraft accidents in military or war operations (Y36, Y37) | accident while boarding or alighting aircraft (V97.1) military aircraft accidents in military or war operations (Y36, Y37) |
Notes are the code’s own tabular entry, quoted as published. A note that names the other code is the one the verdict above rests on.
Derived from the official CMS ICD-10-CM tabular data (FY2027). A coding-rule comparison, not billing advice: payer-specific edits and medical-necessity policy are outside its scope. All data sources