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V43.21XS ICD-10-CM Code: Person on outside of car injured in collision with sport utility vehicle in nontraffic accident, sequela

Billing Status: YES. This is a valid, specific, and billable ICD-10-CM reference.

Official Registry Overview & Definition

Person on outside of car injured in collision with sport utility vehicle in nontraffic accident, sequela is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (V43.21S).

Official Tabular Instructional Notes

Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for V43.21XS 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 generally not reported together with this code (Excludes1) -- an error unless the two conditions are documented as unrelated to each other (ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines, Section I.A.12.a).

Frequently Compared Codes

The official Excludes notes on V43.21XS name these codes. Each comparison page covers when the two can — or must not — be reported together.

Change history

No changes recorded for this code — unchanged since the FY2016 baseline of the change ledger.

Verify Before Coding

  • Principal-diagnosis restriction. External cause of morbidity codes (V, W, X and Y) describe the circumstance that caused an injury, not the condition treated. The Medicare Code Editor rejects them as a principal diagnosis; sequence the injury or condition first and report this code as secondary.

From the code registry, the Medicare Code Editor, and the MS-DRG Definitions Manual. Check it against a full claim.

Relationships & Classification

Clinical classification (AHRQ CCSR):EXT030 — External cause codes: sequela.

Clinical Classifications Software Refined (CCSR) for ICD-10-CM Diagnoses. Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

Related Codes

Same clinical category (CCSR)

AHRQ's Clinical Classifications Software groups these diagnoses under the same clinical category (External cause codes: sequela).

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Contextual Map

Every relationship of V43.21XS in one view: hierarchy, official tabular instructions in both directions, clinical classification, risk adjustment, MS-DRG participation, index terms and change history — each edge carrying the CMS source it derives from.

Hierarchy

  • V00-Y99 — Chapter 20: External Causes of Morbidity (V00-Y99) (V00-Y99) [Hierarchy]
  • V40-V49 — Car occupant injured in transport accident [Hierarchy]

Clinical classification (CCSR)

  • EXT030 — External cause codes: sequela [CCSR]

Nearest codes (40)

  • V43 — Car occupant injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van [Sibling]
  • V43.11 — Car passenger injured in collision with sport utility vehicle in nontraffic accident [Sibling]
  • V43.11XA — Car passenger injured in collision with sport utility vehicle in nontraffic accident, initial encounter [Sibling]
  • V43.11XD — Car passenger injured in collision with sport utility vehicle in nontraffic accident, subsequent encounter [Sibling]
  • V43.11XS — Car passenger injured in collision with sport utility vehicle in nontraffic accident, sequela [Sibling]
  • V43.12 — Car passenger injured in collision with other type car in nontraffic accident [Sibling]
  • V43.12XA — Car passenger injured in collision with other type car in nontraffic accident, initial encounter [Sibling]
  • V43.12XD — Car passenger injured in collision with other type car in nontraffic accident, subsequent encounter [Sibling]
  • and 32 more

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) & Clinical Guidance

Does V43.21XS require a 7th character?

Yes. The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V43.

Nearest Codes in This Family

Official ICD-10-CM classifications closest to V43.21XS in its code family, with their registry titles.

  • V43.14XS — Car passenger injured in collision with van in nontraffic accident, sequela
  • V43.2 — Person on outside of car injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in nontraffic accident
  • V43.21 — Person on outside of car injured in collision with sport utility vehicle in nontraffic accident
  • V43.21XA — Person on outside of car injured in collision with sport utility vehicle in nontraffic accident, initial encounter
  • V43.21XD — Person on outside of car injured in collision with sport utility vehicle in nontraffic accident, subsequent encounter
  • V43.22 — Person on outside of car injured in collision with other type car in nontraffic accident
  • V43.22XA — Person on outside of car injured in collision with other type car in nontraffic accident, initial encounter
  • V43.22XD — Person on outside of car injured in collision with other type car in nontraffic accident, subsequent encounter
  • V43.22XS — Person on outside of car injured in collision with other type car in nontraffic accident, sequela
  • V43.23 — Person on outside of car injured in collision with pick-up truck in nontraffic accident

View all codes in the V43 family