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.

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ICD-10 · PDGM grouping

V98 Other specified transport accidents

All 15 codes in the V98 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

15

Can lead a claim

0

Cannot lead a claim

15

What CMS assigns to V98

None of the 15 codes is assigned a clinical group. None of the 15 is assigned a comorbidity subgroup. None can lead a claim.

Every code in V98

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

CodeDescriptionPrimary positionClinical groupComorbidity subgroup
V98.0 Accident to, on or involving cable-car, not on rails
V98.0XXAAccident to, on or involving cable-car, not on rails, initial encounterCMS: Accident to, on or involving cable-car, not on rails, initCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone
V98.0XXDAccident to, on or involving cable-car, not on rails, subsequent encounterCMS: Accident to, on or involving cable-car, not on rails, subsCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone
V98.0XXSAccident to, on or involving cable-car, not on rails, sequelaCMS: Accident to, on or w cable-car, not on rails, sequelaCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone
V98.1 Accident to, on or involving land-yacht
V98.1XXAAccident to, on or involving land-yacht, initial encounterCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone
V98.1XXDAccident to, on or involving land-yacht, subsequent encounterCMS: Accident to, on or involving land-yacht, subs encntrCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone
V98.1XXSAccident to, on or involving land-yacht, sequelaCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone
V98.2 Accident to, on or involving ice yacht
V98.2XXAAccident to, on or involving ice yacht, initial encounterCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone
V98.2XXDAccident to, on or involving ice yacht, subsequent encounterCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone
V98.2XXSAccident to, on or involving ice yacht, sequelaCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone
V98.3 Accident to, on or involving ski lift
V98.3XXAAccident to, on or involving ski lift, initial encounterCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone
V98.3XXDAccident to, on or involving ski lift, subsequent encounterCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone
V98.3XXSAccident to, on or involving ski lift, sequelaCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone
V98.8 Other specified transport accidents
V98.8XXAOther specified transport accidents, initial encounterCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone
V98.8XXDOther specified transport accidents, subsequent encounterCannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosisNoneNone
V98.8XXSOther specified transport accidents, 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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