V47.6 Car passenger injured in collision with fixed or stationary object in traffic accident

ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code V47.6: Car Passenger Injured in Collision with Fixed or Stationary Object in Traffic Accident

ICD-10-CM code V47.6 identifies a car passenger injured in a collision with a fixed or stationary object during a traffic accident. It is an active concept under the parent code V47 for car occupants, classified semantically as an injury or poisoning, and belongs to the external causes of morbidity chapter. 1 4 6

Plain-language overview

This code describes an injury sustained by a passenger in a car during a traffic accident where the vehicle hits a fixed or stationary object, serving as an external cause of morbidity record rather than a standalone clinical diagnosis. 1 6

What this code represents

The terminology record for V47.6 establishes the preferred name as car passenger injured in collision with fixed or stationary object in traffic accident, with a semantic type of injury or poisoning and an active status. 1

Code V47.6 has no narrower concepts in the ICD-10-CM terminology and is a direct child of the parent concept V47, which covers any car occupant injured in a collision with a fixed or stationary object. 1

Coding details

The broader category V47 falls within Chapter 20, External causes of morbidity, specifically under the Accidents grouping, distinguishing this traffic accident code from nontraffic accident variations listed under the same parent category. 6

Documentation considerations

Clinical documentation for related sequela encounters specifies that phrases like sequela of motor vehicle accident or late effect of prior traffic injury provide context for assigning extended external cause codes. 5

For sequela coding associated with this concept, documentation of specific late effects such as chronic cervical spine pain, post-concussion syndrome, or fracture malunion is noted to pair with the external cause code. 5

What the sources add

While the official terminology record defines V47.6 as a non-billable parent concept, supplementary coding sources identify V47.6XXS as a billable, encounter-specific extension for sequela of such traffic accidents. 1 5

Public health research classifies road traffic injuries as events on public streets involving moving vehicles, noting that car occupant collisions with fixed or stationary vehicles represent a specific mechanism within emergency department injury profiles. 2

Coverage and utilization context

Historical injury surveillance matrices indicate that the car passenger injured in collision with fixed or stationary object concept was added to the ICD-10-CM coding system and the associated matrix in October. 3

Sources

1. ICD-10-CM V47.6 terminology record — National Cancer Institute Enterprise Vocabulary Services; accessed 2026-07-27.
2. Epidemiological Profile of the Victims Involved in Road Traffic Accidents (RTA) and ICD-10 Classification Attending an Emergency Department: A Descriptive Study — pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov; accessed 2026-07-27.
3. SOURCE: National Center for Health Statistics, 2024 — ftp.cdc.gov; accessed 2026-07-27.
4. EVS Explore — evsexplore.semantics.cancer.gov; accessed 2026-07-27.
5. ICD-10 Code V47.6XXS: Car passenger collision, sequela — pabau.com; accessed 2026-07-27.
6. ICD-10-CM Code V47 | Vero — veroscribe.com; accessed 2026-07-27.