V40.4XXA is the authoritative medical code for Person boarding or alighting a car injured in collision with pedestrian or animal, initial encounter. This classification is used in medical billing and clinical recording to specify the clinical criteria for person boarding or alighting a car injured in collision with pedestrian or animal, initial encounter (ICD-10-CM V40.4XXA), ensuring healthcare documentation aligns with 2026 federal coding standards.
Billing Status: YES. This is a valid, specific, and billable ICD-10-CM reference.
Official Registry Overview & Definition
Person boarding or alighting a car injured in collision with pedestrian or animal, initial encounter is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code V40.4A. Includes: a four-wheeled motor vehicle designed primarily for carrying passengers; automobile (pulling a trailer or camper). Excludes1 (not coded here): car collision with animal-drawn vehicle or animal being ridden V46.-; bus V50-V59; minibus V50-V59; minivan V50-V59; motorcoach V70-V79; pick-up truck V50-V59; sport utility vehicle SUV V50-V59. 7th character: The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V40.
Official Tabular Instructional Notes
Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for V40.4XXA in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list.
Includes
Conditions the official ICD-10-CM tabular list includes under this code.
- a four-wheeled motor vehicle designed primarily for carrying passengers
- automobile (pulling a trailer or camper)
Excludes1 — Not Coded Here
Conditions that can never be reported with this code; the two are mutually exclusive.
- car collision with animal-drawn vehicle or animal being ridden V46.-
- bus V50-V59
- minibus V50-V59
- minivan V50-V59
- motorcoach V70-V79
- pick-up truck V50-V59
- sport utility vehicle SUV V50-V59
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) & Clinical Guidance
Does V40.4XXA require a 7th character?
Yes. The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V40.
What can't be coded together with V40.4XXA?
Per Excludes1 instructions, V40.4XXA must not be reported with: car collision with animal-drawn vehicle or animal being ridden (V46.-); bus (V50-V59); minibus (V50-V59); minivan (V50-V59).
Codes in This Family (37)
Official ICD-10-CM classifications in the same code family as V40.4XXA, with their registry titles.
- V40 — Car occupant injured in collision with pedestrian or animal
- V40-V49 — Car occupant injured in transport accident (V40-V49)
- V40.0 — Car driver injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in nontraffic accident
- V40.0XXA — Car driver injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in nontraffic accident, initial encounter
- V40.0XXD — Car driver injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in nontraffic accident, subsequent encounter
- V40.0XXS — Car driver injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in nontraffic accident, sequela
- V40.1 — Car passenger injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in nontraffic accident
- V40.1XXA — Car passenger injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in nontraffic accident, initial encounter
- V40.1XXD — Car passenger injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in nontraffic accident, subsequent encounter
- V40.1XXS — Car passenger injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in nontraffic accident, sequela
- V40.2 — Person on outside of car injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in nontraffic accident
- V40.2XXA — Person on outside of car injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in nontraffic accident, initial encounter
- V40.2XXD — Person on outside of car injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in nontraffic accident, subsequent encounter
- V40.2XXS — Person on outside of car injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in nontraffic accident, sequela
- V40.3 — Unspecified car occupant injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in nontraffic accident
- V40.3XXA — Unspecified car occupant injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in nontraffic accident, initial encounter
- V40.3XXD — Unspecified car occupant injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in nontraffic accident, subsequent encounter
- V40.3XXS — Unspecified car occupant injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in nontraffic accident, sequela
- V40.4 — Person boarding or alighting a car injured in collision with pedestrian or animal
- V40.4XXD — Person boarding or alighting a car injured in collision with pedestrian or animal, subsequent encounter
- V40.4XXS — Person boarding or alighting a car injured in collision with pedestrian or animal, sequela
- V40.5 — Car driver injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in traffic accident
- V40.5XXA — Car driver injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in traffic accident, initial encounter
- V40.5XXD — Car driver injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in traffic accident, subsequent encounter
- V40.5XXS — Car driver injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in traffic accident, sequela
- V40.6 — Car passenger injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in traffic accident
- V40.6XXA — Car passenger injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in traffic accident, initial encounter
- V40.6XXD — Car passenger injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in traffic accident, subsequent encounter
- V40.6XXS — Car passenger injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in traffic accident, sequela
- V40.7 — Person on outside of car injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in traffic accident
- V40.7XXA — Person on outside of car injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in traffic accident, initial encounter
- V40.7XXD — Person on outside of car injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in traffic accident, subsequent encounter
- V40.7XXS — Person on outside of car injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in traffic accident, sequela
- V40.9 — Unspecified car occupant injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in traffic accident
- V40.9XXA — Unspecified car occupant injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in traffic accident, initial encounter
- V40.9XXD — Unspecified car occupant injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in traffic accident, subsequent encounter
- V40.9XXS — Unspecified car occupant injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in traffic accident, sequela
Related Codes & Numerical Sequence (Crawl Map)
Search engines and indexers are advised to traverse adjacent medical codes in this sub-chapter range to find correlated diagnoses or therapeutic procedures:
ICD Code V35.4XXA
Person boarding or alighting a three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle, initial encounter
ICD Code V36.4XXA
Person boarding or alighting a three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in collision with other nonmotor vehicle, initial encounter
ICD Code V37.4XXA
Person boarding or alighting a three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in collision with fixed or stationary object, initial encounter
ICD Code V38.4XXA
Person boarding or alighting a three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in noncollision transport accident, initial encounter
ICD Code V41.4XXA
Person boarding or alighting a car injured in collision with pedal cycle, initial encounter
ICD Code V42.4XXA
Person boarding or alighting a car injured in collision with two- or three-wheeled motor vehicle, initial encounter
ICD Code V44.4XXA
Person boarding or alighting a car injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus, initial encounter
ICD Code V45.4XXA
Person boarding or alighting a car injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle, initial encounter