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FY2027

V85.4 — Person injured while boarding or alighting from special construction vehicle

Not billable

Is V85.4 billable?

No — V85.4 is a non-billable header code. V85.4 groups more specific codes and cannot be submitted on a claim. A valid ICD-10-CM code must be reported at the highest level of specificity available in its branch. Select one of the 3 billable codes beneath V85.4.

V85.4 at a glance

CodeV85.4
DescriptionPerson injured while boarding or alighting from special construction vehicle
BillableNo — header code
Code setICD-10-CM FY2027
Valid for encountersOctober 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027

How is V85.4 listed in the External Cause Index?

These are the routes through the External Cause of Injuries Index that lead to V85.4 — how the injury happened, rather than what the injury was.

  • Accident › transport › construction vehicle occupant › while boarding or alighting (to)

Excludes1 — never code together — inherited from V85

The conditions below can never be reported together with V85.4 on the same claim. An Excludes1 note means the two conditions cannot occur in the same patient, so reporting both is a coding error.

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

What codes fall under V85.4? (3)

How long has V85.4 existed?

V85.4 has been in ICD-10-CM since at least FY2016, the earliest fiscal year on record here.

Derived from the official order files for FY2016–FY2026. FY2017 and FY2020 publish no order file, so those years are not covered.

What other codes are in the V85 family? (8)