V40
ICD-10Non-billable categoryCar occupant injured in collision with pedestrian or animal
Official ICD-10-CM descriptor (FY2026)
Car occupant injured in collision with pedestrian or animal
V40 is a category heading, not a billable code. CMS does not accept it on a claim; report one of the more specific codes beneath it.
Excludes1
Not coded here. An Excludes1 code should never be reported at the same time as the code above it.
- car collision with animal-drawn vehicle or animal being ridden (V46.-)
7th character
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V40
Permitted 7th characters
| A | initial encounter |
| D | subsequent encounter |
| S | sequela |
More specific codes under V40
- V40.0Car driver injured in collision w ped/anml nontrafcategory
- V40.1Car passenger injured in collision w ped/anml nontrafcategory
- V40.2Person outside car injured in collision w ped/anml nontrafcategory
- V40.3Unsp car occupant injured in collision w ped/anml nontrafcategory
- V40.4Prsn brd/alit a car injured in collision w ped/anmlcategory
- V40.5Car driver injured in collision w ped/anml in trafcategory
- V40.6Car passenger injured in collision w ped/anml in trafcategory
- V40.7Person outside car injured in collision w ped/anml in trafcategory
- V40.9Unsp car occupant injured in collision w ped/anml in trafcategory
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ICD-10-CM FY2026. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) / National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), “2026 ICD-10-CM Code Descriptions in Tabular Order” (icd10cm_order_2026.txt). Download the original file from cms.gov. Public domain (US Government work). Descriptors, billable flags and instructional notes on this page are reproduced from that file without modification. Krasyn adds no clinical guidance.