V96.01 — Balloon crash injuring occupant

Not billable

Is V96.01 billable?

No — V96.01 is a non-billable header code. V96.01 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 V96.01.

Billable codes under this header

V96.01 at a glance

Code	V96.01
Description	Balloon crash injuring occupant
Billable	No — header code
Code set	ICD-10-CM FY2027
Valid for encounters	October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027

How is V96.01 listed in the External Cause Index?

These are the routes through the External Cause of Injuries Index that lead to V96.01 — how the injury happened, rather than what the injury was.

Crash › aircraft › balloon
Accident › transport › aircraft NEC › occupant injured › nonpowered craft accident › balloon › crash (to)

Excludes1 — never code together — inherited from V95-V97

The conditions below can never be reported together with V96.01 on the same claim. An Excludes1 note means the two conditions cannot occur in the same patient, so reporting both is a coding error.

military aircraft accidents in military or war operations (Y36, Y37)

What codes fall under V96.01? (3)

How long has V96.01 existed?

V96.01 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.