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ICD-10-CM 2027 diagnosis code

V97.39Other injury to person on ground due to air transport accident

Not billable — use a more specific codeRequires 7th character

V97.39 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: Oth injury to person on ground due to air transport 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 V97.39

V97.39 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for other injury to person on ground due to air transport accident. It belongs to category V97 (other specified air transport accidents), block V95-V97 (air and space 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 V97.3, choose V97.39 (Other injury to person on ground due to air transport accident) only when documentation doesn't support a more specific option: hit by object falling from aircraft (V97.31), injured by rotating propeller (V97.32) and Sucked into jet engine (V97.33).

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 V97

Notes that apply from higher levels

Instructions written at a parent level also apply to V97.39.

Broader instructions also apply from V95-V97 Air and space transport accidents and Chapter 20: External causes of morbidity.

Alphabetic index entries

2 entries

Terms in the official ICD-10-CM index that lead to V97.39.

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 V97.39

Is V97.39 billable?

No. V97.39 is a header code. Report one of its more specific subcodes instead.