ICD-10-CM › V00-Y99 › V80-V89 › V85 Occupant of special construction... › V85.7
Person on outside of special construction vehicle injured in nontraffic 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.
Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:
- V85.7XXA Person on outside of special construction vehicle injured in nontraffic accident, initial encounter
- V85.7XXD Person on outside of special construction vehicle injured in nontraffic accident, subsequent encounter
- V85.7XXS Person on outside of special construction vehicle injured in nontraffic accident, sequela
This code requires a seventh character. See the rule below.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2014 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.
- FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Person on outside of special construction vehicle injured in nontraffic 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.
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.
- Accident > transport > 18 wheeler
- Accident > transport > armored car
- Accident > heavy transport vehicle NOS
- Accident > transport > occupant > digger
- Accident > transport > occupant > bulldozer
- Accident > transport > occupant > dump truck
- Accident > transport > truck occupant > dump
- Accident > transport > occupant > road-roller
- Accident > transport > occupant > earth-leveler
- Accident > transport > occupant > heavy vehicle
- Accident > vehicle NEC > special > construction
- Accident > transport > occupant > mechanical shovel
- Accident > transport > heavy transport vehicle occupant
- Accident > transport > occupant > vehicle NEC > heavy transport
- Accident > transport > construction vehicle occupant > hanger-on
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| V85.0 | Driver of special construction vehicle injured in traffic accident | Not billable |
| V85.1 | Passenger of special construction vehicle injured in traffic accident | Not billable |
| V85.2 | Person on outside of special construction vehicle injured in traffic accident | Not billable |
| V85.3 | Unspecified occupant of special construction vehicle injured in traffic accident | Not billable |
| V85.4 | Person injured while boarding or alighting from special construction vehicle | Not billable |
| V85.5 | Driver of special construction vehicle injured in nontraffic accident | Not billable |
| V85.6 | Passenger of special construction vehicle injured in nontraffic accident | Not billable |
| V85.9 | Unspecified occupant of special construction vehicle injured in nontraffic accident | Not billable |