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2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code Y35.401

Legal intervention involving unspecified sharp objects, law enforcement official injured

ICD-10-CM Code:
Y35.401
ICD-10 Code for:
Legal intervnt w unsp sharp objects, law enforc offl injured
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)

Y35.401 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 sharp objects, law enforcement official injured. 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 Y35.401 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 intervnt w unsp sharp objects, law enforc offl injured

Non-specific codes like Y35.401 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 intervnt w unsp sharp objects, law enforc offl injured:

  • Use Y35.401A for initial encounter - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use Y35.401D for subsequent encounter - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use Y35.401S for sequela - BILLABLE CODE

Index of External Cause of Injuries

References found for this diagnosis code in the External Cause of Injuries Index:

    • Legal
      • intervention (by)
        • sharp objects
          • injuring
            • law enforcement personnel

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.