Assault by unspecified means (Y09)

Browse all the diagnosis codes used for assault by unspecified means (y09). For easy navigation, the diagnosis codes are sorted in alphabetical order and grouped by sections. Each section is clearly marked with its description, and the corresponding three-digit code range. This format makes it simple to browse diagnosis codes in this chapter or section and find what you're looking for. We've also added green checkmark icons to label billable codes, and red warning icons for non-billable ones. This makes it easy to identify which codes can be billed.

Clinical Information

Animal Experimentation - The use of animals as investigational subjects.

Euthanasia - The act or practice of killing or allowing death from natural causes, for reasons of mercy, i.e., in order to release a person from incurable disease, intolerable suffering, or undignified death. (from Beauchamp and Walters, Contemporary Issues in Bioethics, 5th ed)

Euthanasia, Active - The act or practice of killing for reasons of mercy, i.e., in order to release a person or animal from incurable disease, intolerable suffering, or undignified death. (from Beauchamp and Walters, Contemporary Issues in Bioethics, 5th ed)

Euthanasia, Active, Voluntary - Active euthanasia of a patient at the patient's request and/or with the patient's consent.

Euthanasia, Animal - The killing of animals for reasons of mercy, to control disease transmission or maintain the health of animal populations, or for experimental purposes (ANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION).

Euthanasia, Involuntary - The act or practice of killing or withholding life-sustaining treatment from a person with a medical condition, especially DISABLED PERSONS, without INFORMED CONSENT, despite the MENTAL COMPETENCY of the person to give consent.

Euthanasia, Passive - Failing to prevent death from natural causes, for reasons of mercy by the withdrawal or withholding of life-prolonging treatment.

Homicide - The killing of one person by another.

Infanticide - The killing of infants at birth or soon after.

Instructional Notations

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.

• Assassination (attempted) NOS
• Homicide (attempted) NOS
• Manslaughter (attempted) NOS
• Murder (attempted) NOS