Version 2024

2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code V44

Car occupant injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus

ICD-10-CM Code:
V44
ICD-10 Code for:
Car occupant injured in collision w hv veh
Is Billable?
Not Valid for Submission
Code Navigator:

Code Classification

  • External causes of morbidity and mortality
    (V01–Y99)
    • Transport accidents
      (V00-V99)
      • Car occupant injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus
        (V44)

V44 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 injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus. 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.

Specific Coding Applicable to Car occupant injured in collision w hv veh

Non-specific codes like V44 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 injured in collision w hv veh:

  • V44.0 for Car driver injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in nontraffic accident - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • V44.1 for Car passenger injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in nontraffic accident - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • V44.2 for Person on outside of car injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in nontraffic accident - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • V44.3 for Unspecified car occupant injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in nontraffic accident - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • V44.4 for Person boarding or alighting a car injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • V44.5 for Car driver injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in traffic accident - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • V44.6 for Car passenger injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in traffic accident - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • V44.7 for Person on outside of car injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in traffic accident - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • V44.9 for Unspecified car occupant injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in traffic accident - NON-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.


Type 1 Excludes

Type 1 Excludes
A type 1 excludes note is a pure excludes note. It means "NOT CODED HERE!" An Excludes1 note indicates that the code excluded should never be used at the same time as the code above the Excludes1 note. An Excludes1 is used when two conditions cannot occur together, such as a congenital form versus an acquired form of the same condition.
  • car occupant injured in collision with military vehicle V49.81

7th Character Note

7th Character Note
Certain ICD-10-CM categories have applicable 7th characters. The applicable 7th character is required for all codes within the category, or as the notes in the Tabular List instruct. The 7th character must always be the 7th character in the data field. If a code that requires a 7th character is not 6 characters, a placeholder X must be used to fill in the empty characters.
  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V44

7th Character

7th Character
Indicates that a seventh character is to be assigned to codes in a subcategory.
  • A - initial encounter
  • D - subsequent encounter
  • S - sequela

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.