V44
ICD-10Non-billable categoryCar occupant injured in collision w hv veh
Official ICD-10-CM descriptor (FY2026)
Car occupant injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus
V44 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 occupant injured in collision with military vehicle (V49.81)
7th character
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V44
Permitted 7th characters
| A | initial encounter |
| D | subsequent encounter |
| S | sequela |
More specific codes under V44
- V44.0Car driver injured in collision w hv veh nontrafcategory
- V44.1Car passenger injured in collision w hv veh nontrafcategory
- V44.2Person outside car injured in collision w hv veh nontrafcategory
- V44.3Unsp car occupant injured in collision w hv veh nontrafcategory
- V44.4Prsn brd/alit a car injured in collision w hv vehcategory
- V44.5Car driver injured in collision w hv veh in traffic accidentcategory
- V44.6Car passenger injured in collision w hv veh in trafcategory
- V44.7Person outside car injured in collision w hv veh in trafcategory
- V44.9Unsp car occupant injured in collision w hv veh 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.