Y35
Non-Billable
ChapterV00–Y99
Rankcategory
Description
Legal intervention
About ICD-10-CM code Y35
Under V00-Y99 External Causes of Morbidity, within Legal intervention, operations of war, military operations, and terrorism (Y35-Y38), ICD-10-CM code Y35 describes Legal intervention. This code cannot be billed directly because more specific child codes exist beneath it.
Use a more specific code (0 billable, 7 non-billable)
Y35.0Legal intervention involving firearm dischargehas subcodesY35.1Legal intervention involving explosiveshas subcodesY35.2Legal intervention involving gashas subcodesY35.3Legal intervention involving blunt objectshas subcodesY35.4Legal intervention involving sharp objectshas subcodesY35.8Legal intervention involving other specified meanshas subcodesY35.9Legal intervention, means unspecifiedhas subcodes
Metadata & Insights
- •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
BillableHas subcodes
MS-DRG Classification
No direct MS-DRG triggers identified.
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