AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS - 2016 Issue 4; ICD-10-CM NEW/REVISED CODES

Car Occupant Injured in Collision with Fixed or Stationary Object

Specific codes distinguishing “driver/passenger of sport utility vehicle (SUV)” and “driver/passenger of other type car” were deleted in category V47, Car occupant injured in collision with fixed or stationary object. It was determined that there is no need to have separate codes to identify “sport utility vehicle” versus “other type of car” in this category. The definition of a car (a four-wheeled motor vehicle designed primarily for carrying up to 7 persons—excluding vans and minivans) includes SUVs. Any car occupant injured in a collision with a fixed or stationary object is coded in category...

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