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FY2027

V81.81 — Occupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured due to explosion or fire on train

Not billable

Is V81.81 billable?

No — V81.81 is a non-billable header code. V81.81 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 V81.81.

V81.81 at a glance

CodeV81.81
DescriptionOccupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured due to explosion or fire on train
BillableNo — header code
Code setICD-10-CM FY2027
Valid for encountersOctober 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027

How is V81.81 listed in the External Cause Index?

These are the routes through the External Cause of Injuries Index that lead to V81.81 — how the injury happened, rather than what the injury was.

  • Accident › transport › railway vehicle occupant › explosion (to)
  • Accident › transport › railway vehicle occupant › fire (to)
  • Exposure › fire, flames › in, of, on, starting in › railway rolling stock, train, vehicle (to)

Excludes1 — never code together — inherited from V81

The conditions below can never be reported together with V81.81 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 V81.81? (3)

How long has V81.81 existed?

V81.81 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 V81.8 family? (3)