Occupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured in unspecified railway accident
Requires 7th character
V81.9 requires a 7th character to be reported. Choose a complete code below.
Inclusion terms
Applicable to
- Railway accident NOS
Includes (from V81)
- derailment of railway train or railway vehicle
- person on outside of train
- Note: This chapter permits the classification of environmental events and circumstances as the cause of injury, and other adverse effects. Where a code from this section is applicable, it is intended that it shall be used secondary to a code from another chapter of the Classification indicating the nature of the condition. Most often, the condition will be classifiable to Chapter 19, Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88). Other conditions that may be stated to be due to external causes are classified in Chapters I to XVIII. For these conditions, codes from Chapter 20 should be used to provide additional information as to the cause of the condition.
Excludes1
Not coded here — never report together with this code.
7th character
This code requires a 7th character (defined at V81). Use the placeholder "X" for missing positions.
| Character | Meaning |
|---|---|
| A | initial encounter |
| D | subsequent encounter |
| S | sequela |
Also known as
- Railway accident NOS
- Accident, transport, railway vehicle occupant
- Found injured, on railway right of way
Parent code
- V81Occupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured in transport accidentNeeds 7th char
More specific codes V81.9
- V81.9XXAOccupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured in unspecified railway accident, initial encounterBillable
- V81.9XXDOccupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured in unspecified railway accident, subsequent encounterBillable
- V81.9XXSOccupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured in unspecified railway accident, sequelaBillable
Related codes
- V81.0Occupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured in collision with motor vehicle in nontraffic accidentNeeds 7th char
- V81.1Occupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured in collision with motor vehicle in traffic accidentNeeds 7th char
- V81.2Occupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured in collision with or hit by rolling stockNeeds 7th char
- V81.3Occupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured in collision with other objectNeeds 7th char
- V81.4Person injured while boarding or alighting from railway train or railway vehicleNeeds 7th char
- V81.5Occupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured by fall in railway train or railway vehicleNeeds 7th char
- V81.6Occupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured by fall from railway train or railway vehicleNeeds 7th char
- V81.7Occupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured in derailment without antecedent collisionNeeds 7th char
- V81.8Occupant of railway train or railway vehicle injured in other specified railway accidentsNeeds 7th char