Xactimate Code DMO|DMODUMP — Demolition

What it is

DMO|DMODUMP is the Xactimate SEL code for a dumpster of approximately 20 cubic yards — about 4 tons of debris — measured per dumpster load.

It belongs to the Demolition (DMO) category. The standard unit of measure is LO (load), but the processed scopes shows adjusters writing the line in EA in practice: 73 of the 78 observed line items (93.6%) used EA, and the unitAsUsed analysis puts EA at a 93.6% share.

DMO|DMODUMP appears in 67 of the 358 scopes analysed (about 18.7%) and in 9 of the 61 converted customer scopes. ESXPress observed 78 line items. It is the most frequently used Demolition category code in the processed scopes and the second most common non-roofing code after the gutter flagship.

When to use it

Use DMO|DMODUMP when the scope needs a container for the debris produced by demolition or tear-off work. The Completeness Advisor’s R21-DEMO-DUMPSTER rule states it plainly: “Torn-off roofing and demolished materials have to go somewhere - a dumpster is the standard way.” The rule suggests this code when a demolition scope is reviewed, and the usage evidence agrees — the line appears in 18.7% of all scopes in the processed scopes.

The observed act text is “Dumpster load - Approx. 20 yards, 4 tons of debris” (72 of the 78 sampled lines, 92.3%), which tracks the standard description almost word for word. A minority of lines (5 of 78) instead describe hauling by pickup truck — “Haul debris - per pickup truck load - including dump” — which is the alternative when the scope calls for truck-load hauling rather than a dumpster. Shorthand “Dumpster load - Approx.” appears once.

How to use it

Write the line in EA with the quantity equal to the number of dumpster loads — one dumpster is qty 1. This is the unit the processed scopes show adjusters using (93.6% of sampled lines) even though the standard unit is LO. An ESX conversion that follows real-world usage writes EA; matching the act text keeps the line recognisable when the carrier’s scope is compared line for line.

The standard line text is “Dumpster load - Approx. 20 yards, 4 tons of debris”. The “Approx.” qualifier matters: the dumpster size is approximate, so the line covers a 20-yard container of up to about 4 tons — it is not a per-ton line. For truck-load hauling the evidence shows “Haul debris - per pickup truck load - including dump” with the same EA unit, one unit per truck load.

The Completeness Advisor’s R99-CLN-DEBRISBAG rule is an exclusion selector for this code: in flows where that rule fires, the Advisor does not suggest DMO|DMODUMP because the debris-removal path is already accounted for. The co-occurrence data below shows the dumpster rides along with roofing work — five of the eight paired codes are Roofing (RFG) lines — matching the R21 rule note that torn-off roofing is the usual source of the debris.

Often used together

Two kinds of related codes are listed below. First, codes that appear in the same scopes as DMO|DMODUMP — co-occurrence measured across the claim scopes processed through ESXPress with support of at least 3 scopes and lift of at least 1.5. Second, other frequently used Demolition (DMO) category codes, ranked by how often they appear in the analysed scopes. Descriptions are from the ESXPress code reference.

• RFG|RFGARMVN — Roofing
• RFG|RFG240S — Roofing
• RFG|RFGMISC — Roofing
• RFG|RFGGCR300 — Roofing
• PNT|PNTMN — Painting
• PNT|PNTP — Painting
• DMO|DMOPU — Demolition
• DMO|DMODTRLR — Demolition
• DMO|DMODUMP< — Demolition
• DMO|DMODUMP> — Demolition

Real-world examples

Each example is an anonymised line from a processed claim scope: the exact operation text and unit of measure adjusters wrote, with the observed line-item count. The count is line frequency across the analysed samples — never a price and never a quantity from a specific claim.

• In a real claim, this line appeared as: “Dumpster load - Approx. 20 yards, 4 tons of debris”, EA, qty 72.
• In a real claim, this line appeared as: “Haul debris - per pickup truck load - including dump”, EA, qty 5.
• In a real claim, this line appeared as: “Dumpster load - Approx.”, EA, qty 1.