V85.4
V85.4: Person injured while boarding or alighting from special construction vehicle
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
V85.4 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for person injured while boarding or alighting from special construction vehicle. 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
Other codes that can never be billed with V85.4
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›while boarding or alighting
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead V85.4
3 child codes. Green means billable.
- V85.4XXAPerson injured while boarding or alighting from special construction vehicle, initial encounter
- V85.4XXDPerson injured while boarding or alighting from special construction vehicle, subsequent encounter
- V85.4XXSPerson injured while boarding or alighting from special construction vehicle, sequela
Other codes under V85
- V85.0Driver of special construction vehicle injured in traffic accident
- V85.1Passenger of special construction vehicle injured in traffic accident
- V85.2Person on outside of special construction vehicle injured in traffic accident
- V85.3Unspecified occupant of special construction vehicle injured in traffic accident
- V85.5Driver of special construction vehicle injured in nontraffic accident
- V85.6Passenger of special construction vehicle injured in nontraffic accident
- V85.7Person on outside of special construction vehicle injured in nontraffic accident
- V85.9Unspecified occupant of special construction vehicle injured in nontraffic accident