V43.9 — Unspecified car occupant injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in traffic accident
Not billable
Is V43.9 billable?
No — V43.9 is a non-billable header code. V43.9 groups more specific codes and cannot be submitted on a claim. A valid ICD-10-CM code must be reported at the highest level of specificity available in its branch. Select one of the 12 billable codes beneath V43.9.
Billable codes under this header
- V43.91XAUnspecified car occupant injured in collision with sport utility vehicle in traffic accident, initial encounter
- V43.91XDUnspecified car occupant injured in collision with sport utility vehicle in traffic accident, subsequent encounter
- V43.91XSUnspecified car occupant injured in collision with sport utility vehicle in traffic accident, sequela
- V43.92XAUnspecified car occupant injured in collision with other type car in traffic accident, initial encounter
- V43.92XDUnspecified car occupant injured in collision with other type car in traffic accident, subsequent encounter
- V43.92XSUnspecified car occupant injured in collision with other type car in traffic accident, sequela
- V43.93XAUnspecified car occupant injured in collision with pick-up truck in traffic accident, initial encounter
- V43.93XDUnspecified car occupant injured in collision with pick-up truck in traffic accident, subsequent encounter
- V43.93XSUnspecified car occupant injured in collision with pick-up truck in traffic accident, sequela
- V43.94XAUnspecified car occupant injured in collision with van in traffic accident, initial encounter
- V43.94XDUnspecified car occupant injured in collision with van in traffic accident, subsequent encounter
- V43.94XSUnspecified car occupant injured in collision with van in traffic accident, sequela
V43.9 at a glance
| Code | V43.9 |
|---|---|
| Description | Unspecified car occupant injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in traffic accident |
| Billable | No — header code |
| Code set | ICD-10-CM FY2027 |
| Valid for encounters | October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027 |
Excludes1 — never code together — inherited from V40-V49
The conditions below can never be reported together with V43.9 on the same claim. An Excludes1 note means the two conditions cannot occur in the same patient, so reporting both is a coding error.
What codes fall under V43.9? (4)
- V43.91Unspecified car occupant injured in collision with sport utility vehicle in traffic accidentnot billable
- V43.92Unspecified car occupant injured in collision with other type car in traffic accidentnot billable
- V43.93Unspecified car occupant injured in collision with pick-up truck in traffic accidentnot billable
- V43.94Unspecified car occupant injured in collision with van in traffic accidentnot billable
How long has V43.9 existed?
V43.9 has been in ICD-10-CM since at least FY2016, the earliest fiscal year on record here.
Derived from the official order files for FY2016–FY2026. FY2017 and FY2020 publish no order file, so those years are not covered.
What other codes are in the V43 family? (8)
- V43.0Car driver injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in nontraffic accidentnot billable
- V43.1Car passenger injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in nontraffic accidentnot billable
- V43.2Person on outside of car injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in nontraffic accidentnot billable
- V43.3Unspecified car occupant injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in nontraffic accidentnot billable
- V43.4Person boarding or alighting a car injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or vannot billable
- V43.5Car driver injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in traffic accidentnot billable
- V43.6Car passenger injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in traffic accidentnot billable
- V43.7Person on outside of car injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in traffic accidentnot billable