POA Exempt: Other and unspecified transport accidents (V98-V99) ICD-10-CM
The 18 ICD-10-CM codes in this range are exempt from Present on Admission reporting for fiscal year 2026. Hospitals assign no POA indicator for them on inpatient claims: the codes describe circumstances, such as pre-existing conditions or the cause of an injury, where asking whether the condition was present at admission adds no information.
Exempt Codes in This Range 18 codes · 2 categories
V98 Other specified transport accidents15 codes
- V98.0XXA Accident to, on or involving cable-car, not on rails, initial encounter
- V98.0XXD Accident to, on or involving cable-car, not on rails, subsequent encounter
- V98.0XXS Accident to, on or involving cable-car, not on rails, sequela
- V98.1XXA Accident to, on or involving land-yacht, initial encounter
- V98.1XXD Accident to, on or involving land-yacht, subsequent encounter
- V98.1XXS Accident to, on or involving land-yacht, sequela
- V98.2XXA Accident to, on or involving ice yacht, initial encounter
- V98.2XXD Accident to, on or involving ice yacht, subsequent encounter
- V98.2XXS Accident to, on or involving ice yacht, sequela
- V98.3XXA Accident to, on or involving ski lift, initial encounter
- V98.3XXD Accident to, on or involving ski lift, subsequent encounter
- V98.3XXS Accident to, on or involving ski lift, sequela
- V98.8XXA Other specified transport accidents, initial encounter
- V98.8XXD Other specified transport accidents, subsequent encounter
- V98.8XXS Other specified transport accidents, sequela
Questions About This Category
Why are these codes POA exempt?
The codes for other and unspecified transport accidents describe circumstances where the Present on Admission question has no meaning, so CMS exempts them from the indicator. The exemption is published in the official FY 2026 CMS exempt file.
How many codes in this range are exempt?
The FY 2026 exempt list contains 18 codes in this range, effective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026.
Are these codes billable?
The exemption only removes the POA indicator requirement, it does not change how a code is used on claims. Billable status is shown per code: blue codes are billable, and any codes shown in the amber tone are category headers that need more characters.
More POA Exempt Categories
Source: CMS FY 2026 ICD-10-CM POA exempt file, effective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026. See also the Medicare Code Edits and the MS-DRG list.
