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FY2027

V79.88 — Bus occupant (driver) (passenger) injured in other specified transport accidents

Not billable

Is V79.88 billable?

No — V79.88 is a non-billable header code. V79.88 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 3 billable codes beneath V79.88.

V79.88 at a glance

CodeV79.88
DescriptionBus occupant (driver) (passenger) injured in other specified transport accidents
BillableNo — header code
Code setICD-10-CM FY2027
Valid for encountersOctober 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027

How is V79.88 listed in the External Cause Index?

These are the routes through the External Cause of Injuries Index that lead to V79.88 — how the injury happened, rather than what the injury was.

  • Accident › transport › bus occupant › specified type NEC (to)

Excludes1 — never code together — inherited from V70-V79

The conditions below can never be reported together with V79.88 on the same claim. An Excludes1 note means the two conditions cannot occur in the same patient, so reporting both is a coding error.

  • minibus (V50-V59)

What codes fall under V79.88? (3)

How long has V79.88 existed?

V79.88 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 V79.8 family? (1)