V44 — Car occupant injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus
Not billable
Is V44 billable?
No — V44 is a non-billable header code. V44 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 27 billable codes beneath V44.
Billable codes under this header
- V44.0XXACar driver injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in nontraffic accident, initial encounter
- V44.0XXDCar driver injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in nontraffic accident, subsequent encounter
- V44.0XXSCar driver injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in nontraffic accident, sequela
- V44.1XXACar passenger injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in nontraffic accident, initial encounter
- V44.1XXDCar passenger injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in nontraffic accident, subsequent encounter
- V44.1XXSCar passenger injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in nontraffic accident, sequela
- V44.2XXAPerson on outside of car injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in nontraffic accident, initial encounter
- V44.2XXDPerson on outside of car injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in nontraffic accident, subsequent encounter
- V44.2XXSPerson on outside of car injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in nontraffic accident, sequela
- V44.3XXAUnspecified car occupant injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in nontraffic accident, initial encounter
- V44.3XXDUnspecified car occupant injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in nontraffic accident, subsequent encounter
- V44.3XXSUnspecified car occupant injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in nontraffic accident, sequela
- V44.4XXAPerson boarding or alighting a car injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus, initial encounter
- V44.4XXDPerson boarding or alighting a car injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus, subsequent encounter
- V44.4XXSPerson boarding or alighting a car injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus, sequela
- V44.5XXACar driver injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in traffic accident, initial encounter
- V44.5XXDCar driver injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in traffic accident, subsequent encounter
- V44.5XXSCar driver injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in traffic accident, sequela
- V44.6XXACar passenger injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in traffic accident, initial encounter
- V44.6XXDCar passenger injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in traffic accident, subsequent encounter
- V44.6XXSCar passenger injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in traffic accident, sequela
- V44.7XXAPerson on outside of car injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in traffic accident, initial encounter
- V44.7XXDPerson on outside of car injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in traffic accident, subsequent encounter
- V44.7XXSPerson on outside of car injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in traffic accident, sequela
- V44.9XXAUnspecified car occupant injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in traffic accident, initial encounter
- V44.9XXDUnspecified car occupant injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in traffic accident, subsequent encounter
- V44.9XXSUnspecified car occupant injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in traffic accident, sequela
V44 at a glance
| Code | V44 |
|---|---|
| Description | Car occupant injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus |
| Billable | No — header code |
| Code set | ICD-10-CM FY2027 |
| Valid for encounters | October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027 |
Excludes1 — never code together
The conditions below can never be reported together with V44 on the same claim. An Excludes1 note means the two conditions cannot occur in the same patient, so reporting both is a coding error.
- car occupant injured in collision with military vehicle (V49.81)
Excludes1 — never code together — inherited from V40-V49
The conditions below can never be reported together with V44 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 V44? (9)
- V44.0Car driver injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in nontraffic accidentnot billable
- V44.1Car passenger injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in nontraffic accidentnot billable
- V44.2Person on outside of car injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in nontraffic accidentnot billable
- V44.3Unspecified car occupant injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in nontraffic accidentnot billable
- V44.4Person boarding or alighting a car injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or busnot billable
- V44.5Car driver injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in traffic accidentnot billable
- V44.6Car passenger injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in traffic accidentnot billable
- V44.7Person on outside of car injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in traffic accidentnot billable
- V44.9Unspecified car occupant injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in traffic accidentnot billable
How long has V44 existed?
V44 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.