ICD-10-CM 2027 diagnosis code
V78.3Unspecified occupant of bus injured in noncollision transport accident in nontraffic accident
V78.3 is a header code, so it can't be reported by itself. Choose one of the 3 more specific codes beneath it and add the required 7th character.Short description: Occup of bus injured in nonclsn transport accident nontraf
Code unchanged since ICD-10-CM took effect on October 1, 2015. Source: official FY2027 ICD-10-CM release from CDC/NCHS and CMS. Page updated September 29, 2026. About our data
About V78.3
V78.3 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for unspecified occupant of bus injured in noncollision transport accident in nontraffic accident. It belongs to category V78 (bus occupant injured in noncollision transport accident), block V70-V79 (bus occupant injured in transport accident) and chapter 20 (external causes of morbidity). It is a header code, so it can't be reported by itself; one of its 3 subcodes must be used instead.
Within V78, choose V78.3 (Unspecified occupant of bus injured in noncollision transport accident in nontraffic accident) only when documentation doesn't support a more specific option: driver of bus injured in noncollision transport accident in nontraffic accident (V78.0), passenger on bus injured in noncollision transport accident in nontraffic accident (V78.1), person on outside of bus injured in noncollision transport accident in nontraffic accident (V78.2), person boarding or alighting from bus injured in noncollision transport accident (V78.4), driver of bus injured in noncollision transport accident in traffic accident (V78.5), passenger on bus injured in noncollision transport accident in traffic accident (V78.6), person on outside of bus injured in noncollision transport accident in traffic accident (V78.7) and unspecified occupant of bus injured in noncollision transport accident in traffic accident (V78.9).
Codes in this range require a 7th character: A for initial encounter, D for subsequent encounter and S for sequela. Use placeholder "X" characters to fill any empty positions before the 7th character.
It has been part of ICD-10-CM since the code set took effect on October 1, 2015 and hasn't changed since.
7th character
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V78
Notes that apply from higher levels
Instructions written at a parent level also apply to V78.3.
› From V78 Bus occupant injured in noncollision transport accident
- overturning bus NOS
- overturning bus without collision
Broader instructions also apply from V70-V79 Bus occupant injured in transport accident and Chapter 20: External causes of morbidity.
Alphabetic index entries
1 entriesTerms in the official ICD-10-CM index that lead to V78.3.
Code history
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- FY2016 (effective 10/1/2015): Added (first year of ICD-10-CM)
- No changes since FY2016.
Common questions about V78.3
Is V78.3 billable?
- No. V78.3 is a header code. Report one of its more specific subcodes instead.