2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code Y35.20

Legal intervention involving unspecified gas

ICD-10-CM Code:
Y35.20
ICD-10 Code for:
Legal intervention involving unspecified gas
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)

Y35.20 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 gas. 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 Y35.20 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 gas

Non-specific codes like Y35.20 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 gas:

  • Y35.201 for Legal intervention involving unspecified gas, law enforcement official injured - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • Use Y35.201A for initial encounter - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use Y35.201D for subsequent encounter - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use Y35.201S for sequela - BILLABLE CODE

  • Y35.202 for Legal intervention involving unspecified gas, bystander injured - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • Use Y35.202A for initial encounter - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use Y35.202D for subsequent encounter - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use Y35.202S for sequela - BILLABLE CODE

  • Y35.203 for Legal intervention involving unspecified gas, suspect injured - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • Use Y35.203A for initial encounter - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use Y35.203D for subsequent encounter - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use Y35.203S for sequela - BILLABLE CODE

  • Y35.209 for Legal intervention involving unspecified gas, unspecified person injured - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • Use Y35.209A for initial encounter - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use Y35.209D for subsequent encounter - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use Y35.209S for sequela - BILLABLE CODE

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.