ICD-10-CM · Chapter 20 · V00–Y99

V09.21XA

Pedestrian injured in traffic accident involving military vehicle, initial encounter

External causes of morbidity

Quick facts

Code: V09.21XA
Type: Billable code
ICD-10-CM chapter: Chapter 20 — External causes of morbidity
Category: V09 — Pedestrian injured in other and unspecified transport accidents
Specificity: 7 characters

How coders use this code

ICD-10-CM V09.21XA is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of pedestrian injured in traffic accident involving military vehicle, initial encounter. Coders assign it when the chart documentation supports this level of detail, always matching to the most specific code available and verifying against the chapter-specific guidelines published annually by NCHS/CMS.

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