Coding and coverage · ICD-10-CM
V40 Car occupant injured in collision with pedestrian or animal
This code needs a 7th character (use X as a placeholder for missing characters).
Codes under this one
- V40.0 Car driver injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in nontraffic accidentHeader
- V40.1 Car passenger injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in nontraffic accidentHeader
- V40.2 Person on outside of car injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in nontraffic accidentHeader
- V40.3 Unspecified car occupant injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in nontraffic accidentHeader
- V40.4 Person boarding or alighting a car injured in collision with pedestrian or animalHeader
- V40.5 Car driver injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in traffic accidentHeader
- V40.6 Car passenger injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in traffic accidentHeader
- V40.7 Person on outside of car injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in traffic accidentHeader
- V40.9 Unspecified car occupant injured in collision with pedestrian or animal in traffic accidentHeader
Instructional notes
Chapter 20
Notes
- This chapter permits the classification of environmental events and circumstances as the cause of injury, and other adverse effects. Where a code from this section is applicable, it is intended that it shall be used secondary to a code from another chapter of the Classification indicating the nature of the condition. Most often, the condition will be classifiable to Chapter 19, Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88). Other conditions that may be stated to be due to external causes are classified in Chapters I to XVIII. For these conditions, codes from Chapter 20 should be used to provide additional information as to the cause of the condition.
This code
Excludes1Not coded here: never report with this code, except when the two conditions are unrelated.
- car collision with animal-drawn vehicle or animal being ridden (V46.-)
7th charactersThe appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V40
- A initial encounter
- D subsequent encounter
- S sequela
Chapter 20: External causes of morbidity · V00-X58 Accidents (V00-X58)
Source: ICD-10-CM FY 2027 code descriptions and tabular list (CMS and CDC National Center for Health Statistics), effective 2026-10-01 through 2027-09-30 · CMS ICD-10 files. HCC mapping: CMS-HCC V28, payment year 2027. As of 2026-11-04.
Coverage and payment depend on the claim details; confirm with the Medicare Administrative Contractor.