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ICD-10-CM 2027 diagnosis code

V81.89Occupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured due to other specified railway accident

Not billable — use a more specific codeRequires 7th character

V81.89 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: Occupant of rail trn/veh injured due to oth railway accident

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 V81.89

V81.89 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for occupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured due to other specified railway accident. It belongs to category V81 (occupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured in transport accident), block V80-V89 (other land transport accidents) 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 V81.8, choose V81.89 (other specified railway accident) only when documentation doesn't support a more specific option: explosion or fire on train (V81.81), object falling onto train (V81.82) and collision with military vehicle (V81.83).

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 V81

Notes that apply from higher levels

Instructions written at a parent level also apply to V81.89.

› From V81 Occupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured in transport accident
Includes
  • derailment of railway train or railway vehicle
  • person on outside of train
Excludes1
  • streetcar (V82.-)

Broader instructions also apply from Chapter 20: External causes of morbidity.

Alphabetic index entries

1 entries

Terms in the official ICD-10-CM index that lead to V81.89.

Code history

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  12. 2027
  • FY2016 (effective 10/1/2015): Added (first year of ICD-10-CM)
  • No changes since FY2016.

Common questions about V81.89

Is V81.89 billable?

No. V81.89 is a header code. Report one of its more specific subcodes instead.