Y35
Non-Billable
ChapterV00–Y99
Rankcategory
Official Description
Legal intervention
Metadata & Insights
- •2026 ICD-10-CM Edition - Effective October 1, 2025.
- •Non-billable category (requires more specific sub-code).
- •Chapter 20: External Causes of Morbidity (V00-Y99).
Instructional Notes
Includes
- 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
Clinical Hierarchy
CH20External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99)
Y35-Y38Legal intervention, operations of war, military operations, and terrorism (Y35-Y38)
Y35Legal intervention
Y35.0Legal intervention involving firearm discharge
Y35.1Legal intervention involving explosives
Y35.2Legal intervention involving gas
Y35.3Legal intervention involving blunt objects
Y35.4Legal intervention involving sharp objects
Y35.8Legal intervention involving other specified means
Y35.9Legal intervention, means unspecified
MS-DRG Classification
No direct MS-DRG triggers identified.
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