2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code Y35.00

Legal intervention involving unspecified firearm discharge

ICD-10-CM Code:
Y35.00
ICD-10 Code for:
Legal intervention involving unspecified firearm discharge
Is Billable?
Not Valid for Submission
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Code Classification

  • External causes of morbidity and mortality
    (V01–Y99)
    • Legal intervention, operations of war, military operations, and terrorism
      (Y35-Y38)
      • Legal intervention
        (Y35)

Y35.00 is a non-specific and non-billable diagnosis code code, consider using a code with a higher level of specificity for a diagnosis of legal intervention involving unspecified firearm discharge. The code is not specific and is NOT valid for the year 2024 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions. Category or Header define the heading of a category of codes that may be further subdivided by the use of 4th, 5th, 6th or 7th characters.

Unspecified diagnosis codes like Y35.00 are acceptable when clinical information is unknown or not available about a particular condition. Although a more specific code is preferable, unspecified codes should be used when such codes most accurately reflect what is known about a patient's condition. Specific diagnosis codes should not be used if not supported by the patient's medical record.

Specific Coding Applicable to Legal intervention involving unspecified firearm discharge

Non-specific codes like Y35.00 require more digits to indicate the appropriate level of specificity. Consider using any of the following ICD-10-CM codes with a higher level of specificity when coding for legal intervention involving unspecified firearm discharge:

  • Y35.001 for Legal intervention involving unspecified firearm discharge, law enforcement official injured - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • Use Y35.001A for initial encounter - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use Y35.001D for subsequent encounter - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use Y35.001S for sequela - BILLABLE CODE

  • Y35.002 for Legal intervention involving unspecified firearm discharge, bystander injured - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • Use Y35.002A for initial encounter - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use Y35.002D for subsequent encounter - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use Y35.002S for sequela - BILLABLE CODE

  • Y35.003 for Legal intervention involving unspecified firearm discharge, suspect injured - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • Use Y35.003A for initial encounter - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use Y35.003D for subsequent encounter - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use Y35.003S for sequela - BILLABLE CODE

  • Y35.009 for Legal intervention involving unspecified firearm discharge, unspecified person injured - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • Use Y35.009A for initial encounter - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use Y35.009D for subsequent encounter - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use Y35.009S for sequela - BILLABLE CODE

Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries

The following annotation back-references are applicable to this diagnosis code. The Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries is a list of ICD-10-CM codes, organized "head to toe" into chapters and sections with coding notes and guidance for inclusions, exclusions, descriptions and more.


Inclusion Terms

Inclusion Terms
These terms are the conditions for which that code is to be used. The terms may be synonyms of the code title, or, in the case of "other specified" codes, the terms are a list of the various conditions assigned to that code. The inclusion terms are not necessarily exhaustive. Additional terms found only in the Alphabetic Index may also be assigned to a code.
  • Legal intervention involving gunshot wound
  • Legal intervention involving shot NOS

Code History

  • FY 2024 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2023 through 9/30/2024
  • FY 2023 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2022 through 9/30/2023
  • FY 2022 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2021 through 9/30/2022
  • FY 2021 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2020 through 9/30/2021
  • FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020
  • FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
  • FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
  • FY 2017 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2016 through 9/30/2017
  • FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016. This was the first year ICD-10-CM was implemented into the HIPAA code set.