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V85.0XXS

Driver of special construction vehicle injured in traffic accident, sequela

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2007 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. FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Driver of special construction vehicle injured in traffic accident, sequela

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.

Inherited from V85 Occupant of special construction vehicle injured in transport accident

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

How CDC's index refers to this code

Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
V85.0XXA Driver of special construction vehicle injured in traffic accident, initial encounter Valid
V85.0XXD Driver of special construction vehicle injured in traffic accident, subsequent encounter Valid