DxCodebookFY2027 · Oct 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2027

Category · FY2027

V85 Occupant of special construction vehicle injured in transport accident

  • Header · not billable
  • Codes take a 7th character

V85 is not billable. The category heads 27 billable codes in FY2027, grouped under 9 subdivisions. Its codes take a 7th character, so none is complete with fewer than 7 characters.

Where it sits

  1. Chapter 20 External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99)
  2. V80-V89 Other land transport accidents (V80-V89)
  3. V85 Occupant of special construction vehicle injured in transport accident
Billable codes
27
Subdivisions
9
CC / MCC codes
0 / 0
HCC V28 codes
0
New FY2027
0
Index entries
0

Codes in V85

  1. V85.0
    Driver of special construction vehicle injured in traffic accident +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
  2. V85.1
    Passenger of special construction vehicle injured in traffic accident +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
  3. V85.2
    Person on outside of special construction vehicle injured in traffic accident +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
  4. V85.3
    Unspecified occupant of special construction vehicle injured in traffic accident +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
  5. V85.4
    Person injured while boarding or alighting from special construction vehicle +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
  6. V85.5
    Driver of special construction vehicle injured in nontraffic accident +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
  7. V85.6
    Passenger of special construction vehicle injured in nontraffic accident +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
  8. V85.7
    Person on outside of special construction vehicle injured in nontraffic accident +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
  9. V85.9
    Unspecified occupant of special construction vehicle injured in nontraffic accident +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
    Inclusion terms 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Special-construction-vehicle accident NOS

Sources of each column. Rows marked +7th need a 7th character: pick one to build the full code; its code card has its own flags.

Instructions

At V85

Includes

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

Excludes1

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

Notes that also apply

Instructions for the group V00-V99 (Notes 28, Excludes1 5, Excludes2 1, Use additional code 4): printed on the chapter 20 page.

Chapter 20 instructions (Notes 1): printed on the chapter 20 page.

7th characters

7th characters for V85 defined here

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

7th characters for V85
7thMeaning (NCHS)
Ainitial encounter
Dsubsequent encounter
Ssequela

A code that takes a 7th character is invalid without it; the placeholder X fills a code shorter than 6 characters (Official Guidelines I.A.5). How 7th characters work.

Hierarchy