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Y07

Perpetrator of assault, maltreatment and neglect

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 6 more specific codes instead:

  • Y07.0 Spouse or partner, perpetrator of maltreatment and neglect (also a header)
  • Y07.1 Parent (adoptive) (biological), perpetrator of maltreatment and neglect (also a header)
  • Y07.4 Other family member, perpetrator of maltreatment and neglect (also a header)
  • Y07.5 Non-family member, perpetrator of maltreatment and neglect (also a header)
  • Y07.6 Multiple perpetrators of maltreatment and neglect
  • Y07.9 Unspecified perpetrator of maltreatment and neglect

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 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.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Perpetrator of assault, maltreatment and neglect

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.

This code

Includes

  • perpetrator of abandonment
  • perpetrator of emotional neglect
  • perpetrator of mental cruelty
  • perpetrator of physical abuse
  • perpetrator of physical neglect
  • perpetrator of sexual abuse
  • perpetrator of torture
  • perpetrator of verbal abuse

Note

  • Codes from this category are for use only in cases of confirmed abuse (T74.-)
  • Selection of the correct perpetrator code is based on the relationship between the perpetrator and the victim

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