FY2027 ICD-10-CM reference
V44: Car occupant injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus
By the HCC Buddy Coding Team
The official ICD-10-CM descriptor is Car occupant injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus. The FY2027 annual edition starts October 1, 2026. Check the edition that applies to the encounter or inpatient discharge, including any April update.
Nonbillable heading. Verified against the official FY2027 order file.
More specific FY2027 codes
- V44.0: Car driver injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in nontraffic accidentNonbillable heading
- V44.1: Car passenger injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in nontraffic accidentNonbillable heading
- V44.2: Person on outside of car injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in nontraffic accidentNonbillable heading
- V44.3: Unspecified car occupant injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in nontraffic accidentNonbillable heading
- V44.4: Person boarding or alighting a car injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or busNonbillable heading
- V44.5: Car driver injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in traffic accidentNonbillable heading
- V44.6: Car passenger injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in traffic accidentNonbillable heading
- V44.7: Person on outside of car injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in traffic accidentNonbillable heading
- V44.9: Unspecified car occupant injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in traffic accidentNonbillable heading
FY2027 Tabular instructions
Instructions below include applicable chapter, section and parent-code notes. Each note identifies where it appears in the official source.
Instructional note
This chapter permits the classification of environmental events and circumstances as the cause of injury, and other adverse effects. Where a code from this section is applicable, it is intended that it shall be used secondary to a code from another chapter of the Classification indicating the nature of the condition. Most often, the condition will be classifiable to Chapter 19, Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88). Other conditions that may be stated to be due to external causes are classified in Chapters I to XVIII. For these conditions, codes from Chapter 20 should be used to provide additional information as to the cause of the condition.
Source: V00-Y99 (chapter, inherited).
Includes
a four-wheeled motor vehicle designed primarily for carrying passengers
Source: V40-V49 (section, inherited).
Includes
automobile (pulling a trailer or camper)
Source: V40-V49 (section, inherited).
Excludes1
bus (V50-V59)
Source: V40-V49 (section, inherited).
Excludes1
minibus (V50-V59)
Source: V40-V49 (section, inherited).
Excludes1
minivan (V50-V59)
Source: V40-V49 (section, inherited).
Excludes1
motorcoach (V70-V79)
Source: V40-V49 (section, inherited).
Excludes1
pick-up truck (V50-V59)
Source: V40-V49 (section, inherited).
Excludes1
sport utility vehicle (SUV) (V50-V59)
Source: V40-V49 (section, inherited).
Excludes1
car occupant injured in collision with military vehicle (V49.81)
Source: V44 (category, direct).
Seventh-character instruction
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V44
Source: V44 (category, direct).
Instructional note
initial encounter
Source: V44 (category, direct).
Instructional note
subsequent encounter
Source: V44 (category, direct).
Instructional note
sequela
Source: V44 (category, direct).
Seventh-character definitions
- A: initial encounter
- D: subsequent encounter
- S: sequela
Compare the FY2027 additions, removals and billable-status changes
What does V44 mean in FY2027?
The official ICD-10-CM descriptor is Car occupant injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus. The FY2027 annual edition starts October 1, 2026. Check the edition that applies to the encounter or inpatient discharge, including any April update.
Is V44 billable in FY2027?
The FY2027 order file marks V44 as a nonbillable heading. Select a complete billable child code.
Does V44 map to an HCC?
Risk-model mapping is not applicable to this nonbillable heading. Check a complete billable child code.
Source: CMS FY2027 ICD-10-CM order file. Read the FY2027 Official Guidelines.
Review the FY2026 April edition