V44.4XXD is the authoritative medical code for Person boarding or alighting a car injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus, subsequent 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 heavy transport vehicle or bus, subsequent encounter (ICD-10-CM V44.4XXD), 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 heavy transport vehicle or bus, subsequent encounter is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code V44.4D. Includes: a four-wheeled motor vehicle designed primarily for carrying passengers; automobile (pulling a trailer or camper). Excludes1 (not coded here): car occupant injured in collision with military vehicle V49.81; 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 V44.
Official Tabular Instructional Notes
Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for V44.4XXD 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 occupant injured in collision with military vehicle V49.81
- 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 V44.4XXD require a 7th character?
Yes. The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V44.
What can't be coded together with V44.4XXD?
Per Excludes1 instructions, V44.4XXD must not be reported with: car occupant injured in collision with military vehicle (V49.81); bus (V50-V59); minibus (V50-V59); minivan (V50-V59).
Codes in This Family (36)
Official ICD-10-CM classifications in the same code family as V44.4XXD, with their registry titles.
- V44 — Car occupant injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus
- V44.0 — Car driver injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in nontraffic accident
- V44.0XXA — Car driver injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in nontraffic accident, initial encounter
- V44.0XXD — Car driver injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in nontraffic accident, subsequent encounter
- V44.0XXS — Car driver injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in nontraffic accident, sequela
- V44.1 — Car passenger injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in nontraffic accident
- V44.1XXA — Car passenger injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in nontraffic accident, initial encounter
- V44.1XXD — Car passenger injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in nontraffic accident, subsequent encounter
- V44.1XXS — Car passenger injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in nontraffic accident, sequela
- V44.2 — Person on outside of car injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in nontraffic accident
- V44.2XXA — Person on outside of car injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in nontraffic accident, initial encounter
- V44.2XXD — Person on outside of car injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in nontraffic accident, subsequent encounter
- V44.2XXS — Person on outside of car injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in nontraffic accident, sequela
- V44.3 — Unspecified car occupant injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in nontraffic accident
- V44.3XXA — Unspecified car occupant injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in nontraffic accident, initial encounter
- V44.3XXD — Unspecified car occupant injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in nontraffic accident, subsequent encounter
- V44.3XXS — Unspecified car occupant injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in nontraffic accident, sequela
- V44.4 — Person boarding or alighting a car injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus
- V44.4XXA — Person boarding or alighting a car injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus, initial encounter
- V44.4XXS — Person boarding or alighting a car injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus, sequela
- V44.5 — Car driver injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in traffic accident
- V44.5XXA — Car driver injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in traffic accident, initial encounter
- V44.5XXD — Car driver injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in traffic accident, subsequent encounter
- V44.5XXS — Car driver injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in traffic accident, sequela
- V44.6 — Car passenger injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in traffic accident
- V44.6XXA — Car passenger injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in traffic accident, initial encounter
- V44.6XXD — Car passenger injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in traffic accident, subsequent encounter
- V44.6XXS — Car passenger injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in traffic accident, sequela
- V44.7 — Person on outside of car injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in traffic accident
- V44.7XXA — Person on outside of car injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in traffic accident, initial encounter
- V44.7XXD — Person on outside of car injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in traffic accident, subsequent encounter
- V44.7XXS — Person on outside of car injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in traffic accident, sequela
- V44.9 — Unspecified car occupant injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in traffic accident
- V44.9XXA — Unspecified car occupant injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in traffic accident, initial encounter
- V44.9XXD — Unspecified car occupant injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in traffic accident, subsequent encounter
- V44.9XXS — Unspecified car occupant injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus 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:
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ICD Code V42.4XXD
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ICD Code V45.4XXD
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ICD Code V46.4XXD
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ICD Code V47.4XXD
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ICD Code V48.4XXD
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