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V85

Occupant of special construction vehicle injured in transport accident

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 9 more specific codes instead:

  • V85.0 Driver of special construction vehicle injured in traffic accident (also a header)
  • V85.1 Passenger of special construction vehicle injured in traffic accident (also a header)
  • V85.2 Person on outside of special construction vehicle injured in traffic accident (also a header)
  • V85.3 Unspecified occupant of special construction vehicle injured in traffic accident (also a header)
  • V85.4 Person injured while boarding or alighting from special construction vehicle (also a header)
  • V85.5 Driver of special construction vehicle injured in nontraffic accident (also a header)
  • V85.6 Passenger of special construction vehicle injured in nontraffic accident (also a header)
  • V85.7 Person on outside of special construction vehicle injured in nontraffic accident (also a header)
  • V85.9 Unspecified occupant of special construction vehicle injured in nontraffic accident (also a header)

This code requires a seventh character. See the rule below.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Occupant of special construction vehicle injured in transport accident

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

This code

Seventh character required

  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V85

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • special industrial vehicle (V83.-)
  • special construction vehicle in stationary use or maintenance (W31.-)

Includes

  • bulldozer
  • digger
  • dump truck
  • earth-leveller
  • mechanical shovel
  • road-roller