1. V89 Motor- or nonmotor-vehicle accident, type of vehicle unspecified

    The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V89

    • A - initial encounter
    • D - subsequent encounter
    • S - sequela
    1. V89.0 Person injured in unspecified motor-vehicle accident, nontraffic

      Inclusion term(s):

      • Motor-vehicle accident NOS, nontraffic
    2. V89.1 Person injured in unspecified nonmotor-vehicle accident, nontraffic

      Inclusion term(s):

      • Nonmotor-vehicle accident NOS (nontraffic)
    3. V89.2 Person injured in unspecified motor-vehicle accident, traffic

      Inclusion term(s):

      • Motor-vehicle accident [MVA] NOS
      • Road (traffic) accident [RTA] NOS
    4. V89.3 Person injured in unspecified nonmotor-vehicle accident, traffic

      Inclusion term(s):

      • Nonmotor-vehicle traffic accident NOS
    5. V89.9 Person injured in unspecified vehicle accident

      Inclusion term(s):

      • Collision NOS
Abbreviations used here:

NEC Not elsewhere classifiable
This abbreviation in the Tabular List represents “other specified”. When a specific code is not available for a condition, the Tabular List includes an NEC entry under a code to identify the code as the “other specified” code.

NOS Not otherwise specified
This abbreviation is the equivalent of unspecified.