Car occupant injured in noncollision transport accident (V48)
The ICD-10 code section V48 covers injuries to car occupants resulting from noncollision transport accidents, which are incidents involving vehicles where no direct collision occurs. These codes specify whether the injured person was a driver, passenger, outside occupant, or boarding/alighting the car, and distinguish between traffic and nontraffic related events.
This group of codes includes detailed entries such as V48.0 for car drivers injured in noncollision nontraffic accidents and its variations for initial, subsequent encounters, and sequelae. For example, terms like "accident with breakage of part of motor-driven snow vehicle" and "fall from motor-driven snow vehicle" help clarify the context for coding driver injuries. Similar specificity applies to passengers (V48.1), persons outside the car (V48.2), and those boarding or alighting (V48.4), with synonyms like "fall from car while boarding or alighting due to tripping on seat belt" guiding accurate diagnosis. Codes also differentiate between traffic and nontraffic scenarios, aiding clinicians and coders in precisely documenting external causes of injuries for car occupants in noncollision events.
- V48 - Car occupant injured in noncollision transport acciden
- V48.0 - Car driver injured in noncollision transport acciden
- V48.1 - Car passenger injured in noncollision transport acci
- V48.2 - Person on outside of car injured in noncollision tra
- V48.3 - Unspecified car occupant injured in noncollision tra
- V48.4 - Person boarding or alighting a car injured in noncol
- V48.5 - Car driver injured in noncollision transport acciden
- V48.6 - Car passenger injured in noncollision transport acci
- V48.7 - Person on outside of car injured in noncollision tra
- V48.9 - Unspecified car occupant injured in noncollision tra
External causes of morbidity and mortality (V01–Y99)
Car occupant injured in transport accident (V40-V49)
V48 Car occupant injured in noncollision transport accident
V48.0 Car driver injured in noncollision transport accident in nontraffic accident
- V48.0XXA Car driver injured in noncollision transport accident in nontraffic accident, initial encounter
- V48.0XXD Car driver injured in noncollision transport accident in nontraffic accident, subsequent encounter
- V48.0XXS Car driver injured in noncollision transport accident in nontraffic accident, sequela
V48.1 Car passenger injured in noncollision transport accident in nontraffic accident
- V48.1XXA Car passenger injured in noncollision transport accident in nontraffic accident, initial encounter
- V48.1XXD Car passenger injured in noncollision transport accident in nontraffic accident, subsequent encounter
- V48.1XXS Car passenger injured in noncollision transport accident in nontraffic accident, sequela
V48.2 Person on outside of car injured in noncollision transport accident in nontraffic accident
- V48.2XXA Person on outside of car injured in noncollision transport accident in nontraffic accident, initial encounter
- V48.2XXD Person on outside of car injured in noncollision transport accident in nontraffic accident, subsequent encounter
- V48.2XXS Person on outside of car injured in noncollision transport accident in nontraffic accident, sequela
V48.3 Unspecified car occupant injured in noncollision transport accident in nontraffic accident
- V48.3XXA Unspecified car occupant injured in noncollision transport accident in nontraffic accident, initial encounter
- V48.3XXD Unspecified car occupant injured in noncollision transport accident in nontraffic accident, subsequent encounter
- V48.3XXS Unspecified car occupant injured in noncollision transport accident in nontraffic accident, sequela
V48.4 Person boarding or alighting a car injured in noncollision transport accident
- V48.4XXA Person boarding or alighting a car injured in noncollision transport accident, initial encounter
- V48.4XXD Person boarding or alighting a car injured in noncollision transport accident, subsequent encounter
- V48.4XXS Person boarding or alighting a car injured in noncollision transport accident, sequela
V48.5 Car driver injured in noncollision transport accident in traffic accident
- V48.5XXA Car driver injured in noncollision transport accident in traffic accident, initial encounter
- V48.5XXD Car driver injured in noncollision transport accident in traffic accident, subsequent encounter
- V48.5XXS Car driver injured in noncollision transport accident in traffic accident, sequela
V48.6 Car passenger injured in noncollision transport accident in traffic accident
- V48.6XXA Car passenger injured in noncollision transport accident in traffic accident, initial encounter
- V48.6XXD Car passenger injured in noncollision transport accident in traffic accident, subsequent encounter
- V48.6XXS Car passenger injured in noncollision transport accident in traffic accident, sequela
V48.7 Person on outside of car injured in noncollision transport accident in traffic accident
- V48.7XXA Person on outside of car injured in noncollision transport accident in traffic accident, initial encounter
- V48.7XXD Person on outside of car injured in noncollision transport accident in traffic accident, subsequent encounter
- V48.7XXS Person on outside of car injured in noncollision transport accident in traffic accident, sequela
V48.9 Unspecified car occupant injured in noncollision transport accident in traffic accident
- V48.9XXA Unspecified car occupant injured in noncollision transport accident in traffic accident, initial encounter
- V48.9XXD Unspecified car occupant injured in noncollision transport accident in traffic accident, subsequent encounter
- V48.9XXS Unspecified car occupant injured in noncollision transport accident in traffic accident, sequela
Car occupant injured in noncollision transport accident (V48)
Instructional Notations
Includes
This note appears immediately under a three character code title to further define, or give examples of, the content of the category.
- overturning car NOS
- overturning car without collision
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 V48
7th Character
Indicates that a seventh character is to be assigned to codes in a subcategory.
- A - initial encounter
- D - subsequent encounter
- S - sequela
