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2026 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code Y35

Legal intervention

ICD-10-CM Code:
Y35
ICD-10 Code for:
Legal intervention
Is Billable?
Not Valid for Submission
Code Navigator:

Y35 is a non-specific and non-billable diagnosis code code, consider using a code with a higher level of specificity from the list below for a diagnosis of legal intervention. The code is not specific and is NOT valid for the year 2026 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.

Specific Coding Applicable to Legal intervention

Non-specific codes like Y35 require more digits to indicate the appropriate level of specificity. Consider using any of the following billable codes with a higher level of specificity when coding for legal intervention:

  • Y35.0 for Legal intervention involving firearm discharge

  • Y35.00 for Legal intervention involving unspecified firearm discharge

  • Y35.01 for Legal intervention involving injury by machine gun

  • Y35.02 for Legal intervention involving injury by handgun

  • Y35.03 for Legal intervention involving injury by rifle pellet

  • Y35.04 for Legal intervention involving injury by rubber bullet

  • Y35.09 for Legal intervention involving other firearm discharge

  • Y35.1 for Legal intervention involving explosives

  • Y35.10 for Legal intervention involving unspecified explosives

  • Y35.11 for Legal intervention involving injury by dynamite

  • Y35.12 for Legal intervention involving injury by explosive shell

  • Y35.19 for Legal intervention involving other explosives

  • Y35.2 for Legal intervention involving gas

  • Y35.20 for Legal intervention involving unspecified gas

  • Y35.21 for Legal intervention involving injury by tear gas

  • Y35.29 for Legal intervention involving other gas

  • Y35.3 for Legal intervention involving blunt objects

  • Y35.30 for Legal intervention involving unspecified blunt objects

  • Y35.31 for Legal intervention involving baton

  • Y35.39 for Legal intervention involving other blunt objects

  • Y35.4 for Legal intervention involving sharp objects

  • Y35.40 for Legal intervention involving unspecified sharp objects

  • Y35.41 for Legal intervention involving bayonet

  • Y35.49 for Legal intervention involving other sharp objects

  • Y35.8 for Legal intervention involving other specified means

  • Y35.81 for Legal intervention involving manhandling

  • Y35.83 for Legal intervention involving a conducted energy device

  • Y35.89 for Legal intervention involving other specified means

  • Y35.9 for Legal intervention, means unspecified

  • Y35.91 for Legal intervention, means unspecified, law enforcement official injured

  • Y35.92 for Legal intervention, means unspecified, bystander injured

  • Y35.93 for Legal intervention, means unspecified, suspect injured

  • Y35.99 for Legal intervention, means unspecified, unspecified person injured

Code Classification

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

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.


Includes

Includes
This note appears immediately under a three character code title to further define, or give examples of, the content of the category.
  • any injury sustained as a result of an encounter with any law enforcement official, serving in any capacity at the time of the encounter, whether on-duty or off-duty. Includes: injury to law enforcement official, suspect and bystander

7th Character Note

7th Character Note
Certain ICD-10-CM categories have applicable 7th characters. The applicable 7th character is required for all codes within the category, or as the notes in the Tabular List instruct. The 7th character must always be the 7th character in the data field. If a code that requires a 7th character is not 6 characters, a placeholder X must be used to fill in the empty characters.
  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category Y35

7th Character

7th Character
Indicates that a seventh character is to be assigned to codes in a subcategory.
  • A - initial encounter
  • D - subsequent encounter
  • S - sequela

Code History

  • FY 2026 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2025 through 9/30/2026
  • FY 2025 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2024 through 9/30/2025
  • 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.