October 1 update. Our PDGM and ICD-10 tools now use the FY2027 code set: 190 codes added, 30 deleted, and no existing code changed clinical group.

See what changed

ICD-10 · PDGM grouping

V45 Car occupant injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle

All 27 codes in the V45 family, with the PDGM clinical group, comorbidity subgroup and primary-position rule CMS assigns, read from the CMS grouper crosswalk v07.2.26 and the CDC FY2027 code file.

ICD-10-CM FY2027 · CMS grouper v07.2.26

Codes in family

27

Can lead a claim

0

Cannot lead a claim

27

What CMS assigns to V45

None of the 27 codes is assigned a clinical group. None of the 27 is assigned a comorbidity subgroup. None can lead a claim.

Every code in V45

Descriptions are CDC’s FY2027 wording; where CMS’s grouper abbreviates one, its form is shown beneath.

CodeDescriptionPrimary positionClinical groupComorbidity subgroup
V45.0 Car driver injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle in nontraffic accident
V45.0XXACar driver injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle in nontraffic accident, initial encounterCMS: Car driver injured in collision w rail trn/veh nontraf, initCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone
V45.0XXDCar driver injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle in nontraffic accident, subsequent encounterCMS: Car driver injured in collision w rail trn/veh nontraf, subsCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone
V45.0XXSCar driver injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle in nontraffic accident, sequelaCMS: Car driver injured in clsn w rail trn/veh nontraf, sequelaCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone
V45.1 Car passenger injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle in nontraffic accident
V45.1XXACar passenger injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle in nontraffic accident, initial encounterCMS: Car passenger injured in clsn w rail trn/veh nontraf, initCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone
V45.1XXDCar passenger injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle in nontraffic accident, subsequent encounterCMS: Car passenger injured in clsn w rail trn/veh nontraf, subsCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone
V45.1XXSCar passenger injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle in nontraffic accident, sequelaCMS: Car pasngr injured in clsn w rail trn/veh nontraf, sequelaCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone
V45.2 Person on outside of car injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle in nontraffic accident
V45.2XXAPerson on outside of car injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle in nontraffic accident, initial encounterCMS: Person outside car inj in clsn w rail trn/veh nontraf, initCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone
V45.2XXDPerson on outside of car injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle in nontraffic accident, subsequent encounterCMS: Person outside car inj in clsn w rail trn/veh nontraf, subsCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone
V45.2XXSPerson on outside of car injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle in nontraffic accident, sequelaCMS: Person outsd car inj in clsn w rail trn/veh nontraf, sequelaCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone
V45.3 Unspecified car occupant injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle in nontraffic accident
V45.3XXAUnspecified car occupant injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle in nontraffic accident, initial encounterCMS: Unsp car occ injured in clsn w rail trn/veh nontraf, initCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone
V45.3XXDUnspecified car occupant injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle in nontraffic accident, subsequent encounterCMS: Unsp car occ injured in clsn w rail trn/veh nontraf, subsCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone
V45.3XXSUnspecified car occupant injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle in nontraffic accident, sequelaCMS: Unsp car occ injured in clsn w rail trn/veh nontraf, sequelaCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone
V45.4 Person boarding or alighting a car injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle
V45.4XXAPerson boarding or alighting a car injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle, initial encounterCMS: Prsn brd/alit a car injured in clsn w rail trn/veh, initCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone
V45.4XXDPerson boarding or alighting a car injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle, subsequent encounterCMS: Prsn brd/alit a car injured in clsn w rail trn/veh, subsCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone
V45.4XXSPerson boarding or alighting a car injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle, sequelaCMS: Prsn brd/alit a car injured in clsn w rail trn/veh, sequelaCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone
V45.5 Car driver injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle in traffic accident
V45.5XXACar driver injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle in traffic accident, initial encounterCMS: Car driver injured in collision w rail trn/veh in traf, initCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone
V45.5XXDCar driver injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle in traffic accident, subsequent encounterCMS: Car driver injured in collision w rail trn/veh in traf, subsCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone
V45.5XXSCar driver injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle in traffic accident, sequelaCMS: Car driver injured in clsn w rail trn/veh in traf, sequelaCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone
V45.6 Car passenger injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle in traffic accident
V45.6XXACar passenger injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle in traffic accident, initial encounterCMS: Car passenger injured in clsn w rail trn/veh in traf, initCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone
V45.6XXDCar passenger injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle in traffic accident, subsequent encounterCMS: Car passenger injured in clsn w rail trn/veh in traf, subsCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone
V45.6XXSCar passenger injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle in traffic accident, sequelaCMS: Car pasngr injured in clsn w rail trn/veh in traf, sequelaCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone
V45.7 Person on outside of car injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle in traffic accident
V45.7XXAPerson on outside of car injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle in traffic accident, initial encounterCMS: Person outside car inj in clsn w rail trn/veh in traf, initCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone
V45.7XXDPerson on outside of car injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle in traffic accident, subsequent encounterCMS: Person outside car inj in clsn w rail trn/veh in traf, subsCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone
V45.7XXSPerson on outside of car injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle in traffic accident, sequelaCMS: Person outsd car inj in clsn w rail trn/veh in traf, sequelaCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone
V45.9 Unspecified car occupant injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle in traffic accident
V45.9XXAUnspecified car occupant injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle in traffic accident, initial encounterCMS: Unsp car occ injured in clsn w rail trn/veh in traf, initCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone
V45.9XXDUnspecified car occupant injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle in traffic accident, subsequent encounterCMS: Unsp car occ injured in clsn w rail trn/veh in traf, subsCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone
V45.9XXSUnspecified car occupant injured in collision with railway train or railway vehicle in traffic accident, sequelaCMS: Unsp car occ injured in clsn w rail trn/veh in traf, sequelaCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone

Sources: CMS HH PPS Grouper Software v07.2.26, effective 2026-10-01, for the clinical group, comorbidity subgroup, code-first conventions and primary-position flags; CDC NCHS ICD-10-CM FY2027 code descriptions for the family title and code wording. This is the crosswalk Medicare runs a claim through. Grouping also depends on admission source, timing, the OASIS functional items and the rest of the diagnosis list.

The monthly home health regs digest

What CMS changed, what's due next, and what to do about it — one email a month, no fluff. Read the first issue