ICD-10-CM › V00-Y99 › X92-Y09 › Y04 Assault by bodily force › Y04.1
Assault by human bite
Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.
Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:
- Y04.1XXA Assault by human bite, initial encounter
- Y04.1XXD Assault by human bite, subsequent encounter
- Y04.1XXS Assault by human bite, sequela
This code requires a seventh character. See the rule below.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2014 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.
- FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Assault by human bite
Official coding rules
Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.
Inherited from Y04 Assault by bodily force
Seventh character required
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category Y04
Excludes1 - never coded here
- assault by:
- submersion (X92.-)
- use of weapon (X93-X95, X99, Y00)
Inherited from the X92-Y09 section Assault (X92-Y09)
Excludes1 - never coded here
- injuries due to legal intervention (Y35.-)
- injuries due to operations of war (Y36.-)
- injuries due to terrorism (Y38.-)
Includes
- homicide
- injuries inflicted by another person with intent to injure or kill, by any means
How CDC's index refers to this code
Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.
- Fight
- Murder
- Homicide
- Lynching
- Wound NEC
- Infanticide
- Manslaughter
- Assassination
- Laceration NEC
- Killed, killing NOS
- Assault > fight > with weapon
- Injury, injured NOS > homicide
- Injury, injured NOS > purposely
- Injury, injured NOS > due to, in > fight
- Injury, injured NOS > by, caused by, from > assault
- Killed, killing NOS > in > brawl, fight > by weapon
- Injury, injured NOS > inflicted > other person > stated as > intentional, homicide
- Assault > bite
- Assault > bodily force > bite
- Bite, bitten by > person > assault
- Bite, bitten by > person > homicide
- Bite, bitten by > person > in > fight
- Bite, bitten by > human being > assault
- Bite, bitten by > human being > homicide
- Bite, bitten by > human being > in > fight
- Bite, bitten by > person > with intent to injure or kill
- Bite, bitten by > human being > with intent to injure or kill
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Y04.0 | Assault by unarmed brawl or fight | Not billable |
| Y04.2 | Assault by strike against or bumped into by another person | Not billable |
| Y04.8 | Assault by other bodily force | Not billable |