V81.8 — Occupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured in other specified railway accidents
Not billable
Is V81.8 billable?
No — V81.8 is a non-billable header code. V81.8 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 V81.8.
Billable codes under this header
- V81.81XAOccupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured due to explosion or fire on train, initial encounter
- V81.81XDOccupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured due to explosion or fire on train, subsequent encounter
- V81.81XSOccupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured due to explosion or fire on train, sequela
- V81.82XAOccupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured due to object falling onto train, initial encounter
- V81.82XDOccupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured due to object falling onto train, subsequent encounter
- V81.82XSOccupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured due to object falling onto train, sequela
- V81.83XAOccupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured due to collision with military vehicle, initial encounter
- V81.83XDOccupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured due to collision with military vehicle, subsequent encounter
- V81.83XSOccupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured due to collision with military vehicle, sequela
- V81.89XAOccupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured due to other specified railway accident, initial encounter
- V81.89XDOccupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured due to other specified railway accident, subsequent encounter
- V81.89XSOccupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured due to other specified railway accident, sequela
V81.8 at a glance
| Code | V81.8 |
|---|---|
| Description | Occupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured in other specified railway accidents |
| 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 V81
The conditions below can never be reported together with V81.8 on the same claim. An Excludes1 note means the two conditions cannot occur in the same patient, so reporting both is a coding error.
- streetcar (V82.-)
What codes fall under V81.8? (4)
- V81.81Occupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured due to explosion or fire on trainnot billable
- V81.82Occupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured due to object falling onto trainnot billable
- V81.83Occupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured due to collision with military vehiclenot billable
- V81.89Occupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured due to other specified railway accidentnot billable
How long has V81.8 existed?
V81.8 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 V81 family? (9)
- V81.0Occupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured in collision with motor vehicle in nontraffic accidentnot billable
- V81.1Occupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured in collision with motor vehicle in traffic accidentnot billable
- V81.2Occupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured in collision with or hit by rolling stocknot billable
- V81.3Occupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured in collision with other objectnot billable
- V81.4Person injured while boarding or alighting from railway train or railway vehiclenot billable
- V81.5Occupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured by fall in railway train or railway vehiclenot billable
- V81.6Occupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured by fall from railway train or railway vehiclenot billable
- V81.7Occupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured in derailment without antecedent collisionnot billable
- V81.9Occupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured in unspecified railway accidentnot billable