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ICD-10/V47.9XXS

V47.9XXS ICD-10-CM Code: Unspecified car occupant injured in collision with fixed or stationary object in traffic accident, sequela

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

Official Registry Overview & Definition

Unspecified car occupant injured in collision with fixed or stationary object in traffic accident, sequela is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (V47.9S).

Official Tabular Instructional Notes

Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for V47.9XXS 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).

Change history

  • FY2017 — 2016-10-01
    Added to the code set
    Unspecified car occupant injured in collision with fixed or stationary object in traffic accident, sequela
    FY2017 changes

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.

Contextual Map

Every relationship of V47.9XXS 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 (36)

  • V47 — Car occupant injured in collision with fixed or stationary object [Sibling]
  • V47.0 — Car driver injured in collision with fixed or stationary object in nontraffic accident [Sibling]
  • V47.0XXA — Car driver injured in collision with fixed or stationary object in nontraffic accident, initial encounter [Sibling]
  • V47.0XXD — Car driver injured in collision with fixed or stationary object in nontraffic accident, subsequent encounter [Sibling]
  • V47.0XXS — Car driver injured in collision with fixed or stationary object in nontraffic accident, sequela [Sibling]
  • V47.1 — Car passenger injured in collision with fixed or stationary object in nontraffic accident [Sibling]
  • V47.1XXA — Car passenger injured in collision with fixed or stationary object in nontraffic accident, initial encounter [Sibling]
  • V47.1XXD — Car passenger injured in collision with fixed or stationary object in nontraffic accident, subsequent encounter [Sibling]
  • and 28 more

Change history

  • FY2017 — Added to the code set [Change history]

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.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) & Clinical Guidance

Does V47.9XXS require a 7th character?

Yes. The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V47.

Nearest Codes in This Family

Official ICD-10-CM classifications closest to V47.9XXS in its code family, with their registry titles.

  • V47.6XXA — Car passenger injured in collision with fixed or stationary object in traffic accident, initial encounter
  • V47.6XXD — Car passenger injured in collision with fixed or stationary object in traffic accident, subsequent encounter
  • V47.6XXS — Car passenger injured in collision with fixed or stationary object in traffic accident, sequela
  • V47.7 — Person on outside of car injured in collision with fixed or stationary object in traffic accident
  • V47.7XXA — Person on outside of car injured in collision with fixed or stationary object in traffic accident, initial encounter
  • V47.7XXD — Person on outside of car injured in collision with fixed or stationary object in traffic accident, subsequent encounter
  • V47.7XXS — Person on outside of car injured in collision with fixed or stationary object in traffic accident, sequela
  • V47.9 — Unspecified car occupant injured in collision with fixed or stationary object in traffic accident
  • V47.9XXA — Unspecified car occupant injured in collision with fixed or stationary object in traffic accident, initial encounter
  • V47.9XXD — Unspecified car occupant injured in collision with fixed or stationary object in traffic accident, subsequent encounter

View all codes in the V47 family