Car occupant injured in collision with fixed or stationary object (V47) ICD-10-CM

About the V47 Code Range

The ICD-10 code section V47 covers injuries sustained by car occupants involved in collisions with fixed or stationary objects. These codes specify the role of the injured person—driver, passenger, person on the outside of the car, or someone boarding or exiting the vehicle—and whether the incident was a traffic or nontraffic accident.

This set of codes is used to accurately document and classify injuries from crashes where cars collide with immovable objects like poles or barriers. The section includes detailed distinctions such as V47.0 for car drivers injured in nontraffic accidents and V47.5 for drivers injured in traffic accidents. It also differentiates by encounter type: initial treatment (XXA), subsequent encounters (XXD), and sequelae or late effects (XXS). For example, if a car passenger suffers injury in a nontraffic accident involving a stationary object, the correct ICD-10 code might be V47.1XXA for the initial encounter. While the section lacks common synonyms, knowing these specific codes helps medical coders and providers assign the precise ICD-10 code for car occupant injuries from collisions with fixed or stationary objects.