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ICD-10 · PDGM grouping

V81 Occupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured in transport accident

All 39 codes in the V81 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

39

Can lead a claim

0

Cannot lead a claim

39

What CMS assigns to V81

None of the 39 codes is assigned a clinical group. None of the 39 is assigned a comorbidity subgroup. None can lead a claim.

Every code in V81

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

CodeDescriptionPrimary positionClinical groupComorbidity subgroup
V81.0 Occupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured in collision with motor vehicle in nontraffic accident
V81.0XXAOccupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured in collision with motor vehicle in nontraffic accident, initial encounterCMS: Occ of rail trn/veh injured in clsn w mtr veh nontraf, initCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone
V81.0XXDOccupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured in collision with motor vehicle in nontraffic accident, subsequent encounterCMS: Occ of rail trn/veh injured in clsn w mtr veh nontraf, subsCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone
V81.0XXSOccupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured in collision with motor vehicle in nontraffic accident, sequelaCMS: Occ of rail trn/veh inj in clsn w mtr veh nontraf, sequelaCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone
V81.1 Occupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured in collision with motor vehicle in traffic accident
V81.1XXAOccupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured in collision with motor vehicle in traffic accident, initial encounterCMS: Occ of rail trn/veh injured in clsn w mtr veh in traf, initCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone
V81.1XXDOccupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured in collision with motor vehicle in traffic accident, subsequent encounterCMS: Occ of rail trn/veh injured in clsn w mtr veh in traf, subsCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone
V81.1XXSOccupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured in collision with motor vehicle in traffic accident, sequelaCMS: Occ of rail trn/veh inj in clsn w mtr veh in traf, sequelaCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone
V81.2 Occupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured in collision with or hit by rolling stock
V81.2XXAOccupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured in collision with or hit by rolling stock, initial encounterCMS: Occ of rail trn/veh inj in collisn/hit by roll stok, initCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone
V81.2XXDOccupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured in collision with or hit by rolling stock, subsequent encounterCMS: Occ of rail trn/veh inj in collisn/hit by roll stok, subsCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone
V81.2XXSOccupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured in collision with or hit by rolling stock, sequelaCMS: Occ of rail trn/veh inj in collisn/hit by roll stok, sequelaCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone
V81.3 Occupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured in collision with other object
V81.3XXAOccupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured in collision with other object, initial encounterCMS: Occupant of rail trn/veh injured in clsn w oth object, initCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone
V81.3XXDOccupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured in collision with other object, subsequent encounterCMS: Occupant of rail trn/veh injured in clsn w oth object, subsCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone
V81.3XXSOccupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured in collision with other object, sequelaCMS: Occ of rail trn/veh injured in clsn w oth object, sequelaCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone
V81.4 Person injured while boarding or alighting from railway train or railway vehicle
V81.4XXAPerson injured while boarding or alighting from railway train or railway vehicle, initial encounterCMS: Person injured wh brd/alit from rail trn/veh, initCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone
V81.4XXDPerson injured while boarding or alighting from railway train or railway vehicle, subsequent encounterCMS: Person injured wh brd/alit from rail trn/veh, subsCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone
V81.4XXSPerson injured while boarding or alighting from railway train or railway vehicle, sequelaCMS: Person injured wh brd/alit from rail trn/veh, sequelaCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone
V81.5 Occupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured by fall in railway train or railway vehicle
V81.5XXAOccupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured by fall in railway train or railway vehicle, initial encounterCMS: Occ of rail trn/veh injured by fall in rail trn/veh, initCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone
V81.5XXDOccupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured by fall in railway train or railway vehicle, subsequent encounterCMS: Occ of rail trn/veh injured by fall in rail trn/veh, subsCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone
V81.5XXSOccupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured by fall in railway train or railway vehicle, sequelaCMS: Occ of rail trn/veh injured by fall in rail trn/veh, sequelaCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone
V81.6 Occupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured by fall from railway train or railway vehicle
V81.6XXAOccupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured by fall from railway train or railway vehicle, initial encounterCMS: Occ of rail trn/veh injured by fall from rail trn/veh, initCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone
V81.6XXDOccupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured by fall from railway train or railway vehicle, subsequent encounterCMS: Occ of rail trn/veh injured by fall from rail trn/veh, subsCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone
V81.6XXSOccupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured by fall from railway train or railway vehicle, sequelaCMS: Occ of rail trn/veh inj by fall from rail trn/veh, sequelaCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone
V81.7 Occupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured in derailment without antecedent collision
V81.7XXAOccupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured in derailment without antecedent collision, initial encounterCMS: Occ of rail trn/veh inj in derail w/o antecedent clsn, initCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone
V81.7XXDOccupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured in derailment without antecedent collision, subsequent encounterCMS: Occ of rail trn/veh inj in derail w/o antecedent clsn, subsCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone
V81.7XXSOccupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured in derailment without antecedent collision, sequelaCMS: Occ of rail trn/veh inj in derail w/o antecedent clsn, sqlaCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone
V81.8 Occupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured in other specified railway accidents
V81.81 Occupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured due to explosion or fire on train
V81.81XAOccupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured due to explosion or fire on train, initial encounterCMS: Occ of rail trn/veh inj d/t explosn or fire on train, initCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone
V81.81XDOccupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured due to explosion or fire on train, subsequent encounterCMS: Occ of rail trn/veh inj d/t explosn or fire on train, subsCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone
V81.81XSOccupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured due to explosion or fire on train, sequelaCMS: Occ of rail trn/veh inj d/t explosn or fire on train, sqlaCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone
V81.82 Occupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured due to object falling onto train
V81.82XAOccupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured due to object falling onto train, initial encounterCMS: Occ of rail trn/veh inj due to object fall onto train, initCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone
V81.82XDOccupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured due to object falling onto train, subsequent encounterCMS: Occ of rail trn/veh inj due to object fall onto train, subsCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone
V81.82XSOccupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured due to object falling onto train, sequelaCMS: Occ of rail trn/veh inj due to object fall onto train, sqlaCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone
V81.83 Occupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured due to collision with military vehicle
V81.83XAOccupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured due to collision with military vehicle, initial encounterCMS: Occ of rail trn/veh inj due to clsn w miltry vehicle, initCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone
V81.83XDOccupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured due to collision with military vehicle, subsequent encounterCMS: Occ of rail trn/veh inj due to clsn w miltry vehicle, subsCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone
V81.83XSOccupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured due to collision with military vehicle, sequelaCMS: Occ of rail trn/veh inj due to clsn w miltry vehicle, sqlaCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone
V81.89 Occupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured due to other specified railway accident
V81.89XAOccupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured due to other specified railway accident, initial encounterCMS: Occ of rail trn/veh injured due to oth railway acc, initCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone
V81.89XDOccupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured due to other specified railway accident, subsequent encounterCMS: Occ of rail trn/veh injured due to oth railway acc, subsCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone
V81.89XSOccupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured due to other specified railway accident, sequelaCMS: Occ of rail trn/veh injured due to oth railway acc, sequelaCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone
V81.9 Occupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured in unspecified railway accident
V81.9XXAOccupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured in unspecified railway accident, initial encounterCMS: Occupant of rail trn/veh injured in unsp railway acc, initCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone
V81.9XXDOccupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured in unspecified railway accident, subsequent encounterCMS: Occupant of rail trn/veh injured in unsp railway acc, subsCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone
V81.9XXSOccupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured in unspecified railway accident, sequelaCMS: Occ of rail trn/veh injured in unsp railway acc, 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.

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