V85.1

V85.1: Passenger of special construction vehicle injured in traffic accident

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

V85.1 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for passenger of special construction vehicle injured in traffic accident. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below. This code also requires a 7th character before it is complete.

This code requires a 7th character

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

A: initial encounter
D: subsequent encounter
S: sequela

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above V85.1

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on V85: Occupant of special construction vehicle injured in transport accident

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

Other codes that can never be billed with V85.1

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

V83Occupant of special vehicle mainly used on industrial premises injured in transport accident

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Accident›transport›construction vehicle occupant›traffic›passenger

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead V85.1

3 child codes. Green means billable.