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Version 2024
Non-Billable Code

2024 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
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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 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. 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.

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 ICD-10-CM codes with a higher level of specificity when coding for legal intervention:

  • Y35.0 for Legal intervention involving firearm discharge - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • Y35.00 for Legal intervention involving unspecified firearm discharge - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • Y35.01 for Legal intervention involving injury by machine gun - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • Y35.02 for Legal intervention involving injury by handgun - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • Y35.03 for Legal intervention involving injury by rifle pellet - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • Y35.04 for Legal intervention involving injury by rubber bullet - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • Y35.09 for Legal intervention involving other firearm discharge - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • Y35.1 for Legal intervention involving explosives - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • Y35.10 for Legal intervention involving unspecified explosives - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • Y35.11 for Legal intervention involving injury by dynamite - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • Y35.12 for Legal intervention involving injury by explosive shell - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • Y35.19 for Legal intervention involving other explosives - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • Y35.2 for Legal intervention involving gas - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • Y35.20 for Legal intervention involving unspecified gas - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • Y35.21 for Legal intervention involving injury by tear gas - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • Y35.29 for Legal intervention involving other gas - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • Y35.3 for Legal intervention involving blunt objects - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • Y35.30 for Legal intervention involving unspecified blunt objects - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • Y35.31 for Legal intervention involving baton - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • Y35.39 for Legal intervention involving other blunt objects - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • Y35.4 for Legal intervention involving sharp objects - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • Y35.40 for Legal intervention involving unspecified sharp objects - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • Y35.41 for Legal intervention involving bayonet - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • Y35.49 for Legal intervention involving other sharp objects - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • Y35.8 for Legal intervention involving other specified means - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • Y35.81 for Legal intervention involving manhandling - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • Y35.83 for Legal intervention involving a conducted energy device - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • Y35.89 for Legal intervention involving other specified means - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • Y35.9 for Legal intervention, means unspecified - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • Y35.91 for Legal intervention, means unspecified, law enforcement official injured - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • Y35.92 for Legal intervention, means unspecified, bystander injured - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • Y35.93 for Legal intervention, means unspecified, suspect injured - NON-BILLABLE CODE

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


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 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.