DxCodebookFY2027 · Oct 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2027

Category · FY2027

V79 Bus occupant injured in other and unspecified transport accidents

  • Header · not billable
  • Codes take a 7th character

V79 is not billable. The category heads 48 billable codes in FY2027, grouped under 9 subdivisions. Its codes take a 7th character, so none is complete with fewer than 7 characters.

Where it sits

  1. Chapter 20 External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99)
  2. V70-V79 Bus occupant injured in transport accident (V70-V79)
  3. V79 Bus occupant injured in other and unspecified transport accidents
Billable codes
48
Subdivisions
9
CC / MCC codes
0 / 0
HCC V28 codes
0
New FY2027
0
Index entries
0

Codes in V79

  1. V79.0
    Driver of bus injured in collision with other and unspecified motor vehicles in nontraffic accident
    Header
  2. V79.00
    Driver of bus injured in collision with unspecified motor vehicles in nontraffic accident +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
  3. V79.09
    Driver of bus injured in collision with other motor vehicles in nontraffic accident +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
  4. V79.1
    Passenger on bus injured in collision with other and unspecified motor vehicles in nontraffic accident
    Header
  5. V79.10
    Passenger on bus injured in collision with unspecified motor vehicles in nontraffic accident +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
  6. V79.19
    Passenger on bus injured in collision with other motor vehicles in nontraffic accident +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
  7. V79.2
    Unspecified bus occupant injured in collision with other and unspecified motor vehicles in nontraffic accident
    Header
  8. V79.20
    Unspecified bus occupant injured in collision with unspecified motor vehicles in nontraffic accident +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
    Inclusion terms 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Bus collision NOS, nontraffic
  9. V79.29
    Unspecified bus occupant injured in collision with other motor vehicles in nontraffic accident +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
  10. V79.3
    Bus occupant (driver) (passenger) injured in unspecified nontraffic accident +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
    Inclusion terms 2

    Inclusion terms

    • Bus accident NOS, nontraffic
    • Bus occupant injured in nontraffic accident NOS
  11. V79.4
    Driver of bus injured in collision with other and unspecified motor vehicles in traffic accident
    Header
  12. V79.40
    Driver of bus injured in collision with unspecified motor vehicles in traffic accident +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
  13. V79.49
    Driver of bus injured in collision with other motor vehicles in traffic accident +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
  14. V79.5
    Passenger on bus injured in collision with other and unspecified motor vehicles in traffic accident
    Header
  15. V79.50
    Passenger on bus injured in collision with unspecified motor vehicles in traffic accident +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
  16. V79.59
    Passenger on bus injured in collision with other motor vehicles in traffic accident +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
  17. V79.6
    Unspecified bus occupant injured in collision with other and unspecified motor vehicles in traffic accident
    Header
  18. V79.60
    Unspecified bus occupant injured in collision with unspecified motor vehicles in traffic accident +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
    Inclusion terms 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Bus collision NOS (traffic)
  19. V79.69
    Unspecified bus occupant injured in collision with other motor vehicles in traffic accident +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
  20. V79.8
    Bus occupant (driver) (passenger) injured in other specified transport accidents
    Header
  21. V79.81
    Bus occupant (driver) (passenger) injured in transport accidents with military vehicle +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
  22. V79.88
    Bus occupant (driver) (passenger) injured in other specified transport accidents +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
  23. V79.9
    Bus occupant (driver) (passenger) injured in unspecified traffic accident +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
    Inclusion terms 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Bus accident NOS

Sources of each column. Rows marked +7th need a 7th character: pick one to build the full code; its code card has its own flags.

Instructions

Notes that also apply

Block V70-V79 instructions (Includes 1, Excludes1 1): printed on the block page.

Instructions for the group V00-V99 (Notes 28, Excludes1 5, Excludes2 1, Use additional code 4): printed on the chapter 20 page.

Chapter 20 instructions (Notes 1): printed on the chapter 20 page.

7th characters

7th characters for V79 defined here

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V79

7th characters for V79
7thMeaning (NCHS)
Ainitial encounter
Dsubsequent encounter
Ssequela

A code that takes a 7th character is invalid without it; the placeholder X fills a code shorter than 6 characters (Official Guidelines I.A.5). How 7th characters work.

Hierarchy