Includes:

  • a four-wheeled motor vehicle designed primarily for carrying passengers
  • automobile (pulling a trailer or camper)

Excludes1

  1. V44 Car occupant injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus

    Excludes1

    • car occupant injured in collision with military vehicle (V49.81)

    The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V44

    • A - initial encounter
    • D - subsequent encounter
    • S - sequela
    1. V44.0 Car driver injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in nontraffic accident

    2. V44.1 Car passenger injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in nontraffic accident

    3. V44.2 Person on outside of car injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in nontraffic accident

    4. V44.3 Unspecified car occupant injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in nontraffic accident

    5. V44.4 Person boarding or alighting a car injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus

    6. V44.5 Car driver injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in traffic accident

    7. V44.6 Car passenger injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in traffic accident

    8. V44.7 Person on outside of car injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in traffic accident

    9. V44.9 Unspecified car occupant injured in collision with heavy transport vehicle or bus in traffic accident

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.