In simple words: This code signifies that a person was injured in a transport accident while occupying a pick-up truck, van, minibus, minivan, SUV, or similar vehicle. This excludes accidents involving heavy transport vehicles or those occurring during maintenance, assault, self-harm, or cataclysmic events.

Occupant of pick-up truck or van injured in other and unspecified transport accidents. Includes: a four or six wheel motor vehicle designed primarily for carrying passengers and property but weighing less than the local limit for classification as a heavy goods vehicle, minibus, minivan, sport utility vehicle (SUV), truck, van. Excludes1: heavy transport vehicle (V60-V69).Excludes2: agricultural vehicles in stationary use or maintenance (W31.-), assault by crashing of motor vehicle (Y03.-) automobile or motor cycle in stationary use or maintenance- code to type of accident, crashing of motor vehicle, undetermined intent (Y32), intentional self-harm by crashing of motor vehicle (X82), transport accidents due to cataclysm (X34-X38)

Example 1: A patient was a passenger in an SUV that was involved in a collision with another vehicle at a traffic signal. The patient sustained a whiplash injury., A driver of a minivan lost control on an icy road and hit a tree. The driver sustained a broken arm and lacerations., A passenger riding in the back of a pick-up truck was ejected from the vehicle when the truck was involved in a rollover accident. The passenger sustained multiple fractures and internal injuries.

Documentation should clearly specify the type of vehicle the patient was occupying (pick-up truck, van, minibus, minivan, or SUV), the circumstances of the accident, and the injuries sustained.

** This code should be used as a secondary code to a code from another chapter indicating the nature of the injury or condition (most often Chapter 19).