Version 2024

2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code V97.1

Person injured while boarding or alighting from aircraft

ICD-10-CM Code:
V97.1
ICD-10 Code for:
Person injured while boarding or alighting from aircraft
Is Billable?
Not Valid for Submission
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Code Classification

  • External causes of morbidity and mortality
    (V01–Y99)
    • Transport accidents
      (V00-V99)
      • Other specified air transport accidents
        (V97)

V97.1 is a non-specific and non-billable diagnosis code code, consider using a code with a higher level of specificity for a diagnosis of person injured while boarding or alighting from aircraft. 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 Person injured while boarding or alighting from aircraft

Non-specific codes like V97.1 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 person injured while boarding or alighting from aircraft:

  • Use V97.1XXA for initial encounter - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use V97.1XXD for subsequent encounter - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use V97.1XXS for sequela - BILLABLE CODE

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)
        • aircraft NEC
          • occupant injured (in)
            • while boarding or alighting
    • Accident(to)
      • transport (involving injury to)
        • aircraft NEC
          • person (injured by)
            • while boarding or alighting aircraft
    • Fall, falling(accidental)
      • from, off, out of
        • aircraft NEC (with accident to aircraft NEC)
          • while boarding or alighting
    • Fall, falling(accidental)
      • in, on
        • aircraft NEC
          • while boarding or alighting

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.