2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code V89.2XXS

Person injured in unspecified motor-vehicle accident, traffic, sequela

ICD-10-CM Code:
V89.2XXS
ICD-10 Code for:
Person injured in unsp motor-vehicle acc, traffic, sequela
Is Billable?
Yes - Valid for Submission
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Code Classification

  • External causes of morbidity and mortality
    (V01–Y99)
    • Transport accidents
      (V00-V99)
      • Motor- or nonmotor-vehicle accident, type of vehicle unspecified
        (V89)

V89.2XXS is a billable diagnosis code used to specify a medical diagnosis of person injured in unspecified motor-vehicle accident, traffic, sequela. The code is valid during the current fiscal year for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions from October 01, 2023 through September 30, 2024. The code is exempt from present on admission (POA) reporting for inpatient admissions to general acute care hospitals.

V89.2XXS is a sequela code, includes a 7th character and should be used for complications that arise as a direct result of a condition like person injured in unspecified motor-vehicle accident traffic. According to ICD-10-CM Guidelines a "sequela" code should be used for chronic or residual conditions that are complications of an initial acute disease, illness or injury. The most common sequela is pain. Usually, two diagnosis codes are needed when reporting sequela. The first code describes the nature of the sequela while the second code describes the sequela or late effect.

Unspecified diagnosis codes like V89.2XXS are acceptable when clinical information is unknown or not available about a particular condition. Although a more specific code is preferable, unspecified codes should be used when such codes most accurately reflect what is known about a patient's condition. Specific diagnosis codes should not be used if not supported by the patient's medical record.

Approximate Synonyms

The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:

  • Accident caused by landslide
  • Accident caused by surface earth or water movement
  • Accident due to breakage of any part of moving motor vehicle on road
  • Accident due to inattention of driver of motor vehicle on road
  • Accident due to motor vehicle on road traveling at excessive speed
  • Accident due to sudden illness of driver of motor vehicle on road
  • Accident to motor vehicle on road due to tire burst
  • Accident to motor vehicle on road, not involving collision
  • Accident while boarding or alighting from motor vehicle on road
  • Facial fracture due to motor vehicle accident
  • Injured by being thrown against moving motor vehicle on road
  • Injury due to motor vehicle accident
  • Injury of unknown intent associated with moving vehicles
  • Injury of unknown intent due to impact with moving railway vehicle
  • Injury of unknown intent due to impact with moving vehicle
  • Injury undetermined whether accidentally or purposely inflicted, by crashing of motor vehicle
  • Late effect of motor vehicle accident
  • Motor vehicle accident
  • Motor vehicle accident victim
  • Motor vehicle on road in collision between motor vehicle and bridge
  • Motor vehicle on road in collision with disabled motor vehicle
  • Motor vehicle on road in collision with fallen object
  • Motor vehicle on road in collision with fallen object
  • Motor vehicle on road in collision with fallen object
  • Motor vehicle on road in collision with landslide
  • Motor vehicle on road in collision with road-side fixed object
  • Motor vehicle on road in collision with safety island
  • Motor vehicle on road in collision with safety island
  • Motor vehicle on road in collision with thrown object
  • Motor vehicle on road in collision with tree
  • Motor vehicle on road in collision with unridden animal
  • Motor vehicle on road in collision with unridden animal
  • Motor vehicle on road in collision with wall
  • Motor vehicle traffic accident
  • Motor vehicle traffic accident due to motor vehicle going out of control due to driver inattention, without collision on the highway
  • Motor vehicle traffic accident due to motor vehicle going out of control due to driver inattention, without collision on the highway, driver of motor vehicle injured
  • Motor vehicle traffic accident due to motor vehicle going out of control due to excessive speed, without collision on the highway
  • Motor vehicle traffic accident involving collision with another motor vehicle, disabled, driver of motor vehicle injured
  • Motor vehicle traffic accident involving collision, on highway, between motor vehicle and animal, driver of motor vehicle injured
  • Motor vehicle traffic accident involving collision, on highway, between motor vehicle and animal, passenger of motor vehicle injured
  • Motor vehicle traffic accident involving collision, on highway, between motor vehicle and boundary fence
  • Motor vehicle traffic accident involving collision, on highway, between motor vehicle and boundary fence or guard rail, driver of motor vehicle injured
  • Motor vehicle traffic accident involving collision, on highway, between motor vehicle and boundary fence or guard rail, passenger of motor vehicle injured
  • Motor vehicle traffic accident involving collision, on highway, between motor vehicle and bridge, driver of motor vehicle injured
  • Motor vehicle traffic accident involving collision, on highway, between motor vehicle and fallen stone, traffic sign, tree or utility pole
  • Motor vehicle traffic accident involving collision, on highway, between motor vehicle and fallen stone, traffic sign, tree or utility pole, driver of motor vehicle injured
  • Motor vehicle traffic accident involving collision, on highway, between motor vehicle and safety island, driver of motor vehicle injured
  • Motor vehicle traffic accident involving pedestrian dragged by motor vehicle, passenger of motor vehicle injured
  • Motor vehicle traffic accident involving pedestrian hit by motor vehicle, driver of motor vehicle injured
  • Motor vehicle traffic accident involving pedestrian hit by motor vehicle, passenger of motor vehicle injured
  • Motor vehicle traffic accident involving pedestrian run over by motor vehicle, driver of motor vehicle injured
  • Motor vehicle traffic accident involving pedestrian run over by motor vehicle, passenger of motor vehicle injured
  • Pedestrian dragged by motor vehicle
  • Pedestrian hit by motor vehicle
  • Pedestrian hit by motor vehicle
  • Pedestrian run over by motor vehicle
  • Pedestrian run over by motor vehicle

Clinical Classification

Present on Admission (POA)

V89.2XXS is exempt from POA reporting - The Present on Admission (POA) indicator is used for diagnosis codes included in claims involving inpatient admissions to general acute care hospitals. POA indicators must be reported to CMS on each claim to facilitate the grouping of diagnoses codes into the proper Diagnostic Related Groups (DRG). CMS publishes a listing of specific diagnosis codes that are exempt from the POA reporting requirement. Review other POA exempt codes here.

CMS POA Indicator Options and Definitions

POA IndicatorReason for CodeCMS will pay the CC/MCC DRG?
YDiagnosis was present at time of inpatient admission.YES
NDiagnosis was not present at time of inpatient admission.NO
UDocumentation insufficient to determine if the condition was present at the time of inpatient admission.NO
WClinically undetermined - unable to clinically determine whether the condition was present at the time of inpatient admission.YES
1Unreported/Not used - Exempt from POA reporting. NO

Convert V89.2XXS to ICD-9-CM

  • ICD-9-CM Code: E929.0 - Late eff motor vehic acc
    Approximate Flag - The approximate mapping means there is not an exact match between the ICD-10 and ICD-9 codes and the mapped code is not a precise representation of the original code.

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.