V89.9 — Person injured in unspecified vehicle accident

Not billable

Is V89.9 billable?

No — V89.9 is a non-billable header code. V89.9 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 3 billable codes beneath V89.9.

Billable codes under this header

V89.9 at a glance

Code	V89.9
Description	Person injured in unspecified vehicle accident
Billable	No — header code
Code set	ICD-10-CM FY2027
Valid for encounters	October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027

How is V89.9 listed in the External Cause Index?

These are the routes through the External Cause of Injuries Index that lead to V89.9 — how the injury happened, rather than what the injury was.

CollisionNEC (accidental)
Wreck transport vehicle NEC
Accident › vehicle NEC (to)
CollisionNEC › transport vehicle NEC (accidental)
Crash › transport vehicle NEC
Overturning › transport vehicle NEC (accidental)
Fall, falling › from, off, out of › vehicleNEC (accidental)
Found injured › on › highway, road, street
Running off, away › highway, road, street › transport vehicle NEC
Thrown › from › transport vehicle NEC (accidentally)
Trapped › by partof › transport vehicle NEC (accidentally)
Accident › transport › occupant › vehicle NEC (to)

Inclusion terms

Alternative wording in documentation that is classified to V89.9.

Collision NOS

What codes fall under V89.9? (3)

How long has V89.9 existed?

V89.9 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.