2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code V49.3

Car occupant (driver) (passenger) injured in unspecified nontraffic accident

ICD-10-CM Code:
V49.3
ICD-10 Code for:
Car occupant (driver) (passenger) injured in unsp nontraf
Is Billable?
Not Valid for Submission
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Code Classification

  • External causes of morbidity and mortality
    (V01–Y99)
    • Transport accidents
      (V00-V99)
      • Car occupant injured in other and unspecified transport accidents
        (V49)

V49.3 is a non-specific and non-billable diagnosis code code, consider using a code with a higher level of specificity for a diagnosis of car occupant (driver) (passenger) injured in unspecified nontraffic accident. The code is not specific and is NOT valid for the year 2024 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions. Category or Header define the heading of a category of codes that may be further subdivided by the use of 4th, 5th, 6th or 7th characters.

Unspecified diagnosis codes like V49.3 are acceptable when clinical information is unknown or not available about a particular condition. Although a more specific code is preferable, unspecified codes should be used when such codes most accurately reflect what is known about a patient's condition. Specific diagnosis codes should not be used if not supported by the patient's medical record.

Specific Coding Applicable to Car occupant (driver) (passenger) injured in unsp nontraf

Non-specific codes like V49.3 require more digits to indicate the appropriate level of specificity. Consider using any of the following ICD-10-CM codes with a higher level of specificity when coding for car occupant (driver) (passenger) injured in unsp nontraf:

  • Use V49.3XXA for initial encounter - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use V49.3XXD for subsequent encounter - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use V49.3XXS for sequela - BILLABLE CODE

Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries

The following annotation back-references are applicable to this diagnosis code. The Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries is a list of ICD-10-CM codes, organized "head to toe" into chapters and sections with coding notes and guidance for inclusions, exclusions, descriptions and more.


Inclusion Terms

Inclusion Terms
These terms are the conditions for which that code is to be used. The terms may be synonyms of the code title, or, in the case of "other specified" codes, the terms are a list of the various conditions assigned to that code. The inclusion terms are not necessarily exhaustive. Additional terms found only in the Alphabetic Index may also be assigned to a code.
  • Car accident NOS, nontraffic
  • Car occupant injured in nontraffic accident NOS

Index of External Cause of Injuries

References found for this diagnosis code in the External Cause of Injuries Index:

    • Accident(to)
      • transport (involving injury to)
        • car occupant
          • nontraffic

Code History

  • FY 2024 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2023 through 9/30/2024
  • FY 2023 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2022 through 9/30/2023
  • FY 2022 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2021 through 9/30/2022
  • FY 2021 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2020 through 9/30/2021
  • FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020
  • FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
  • FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
  • FY 2017 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2016 through 9/30/2017
  • FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016. This was the first year ICD-10-CM was implemented into the HIPAA code set.