Acquaintance or friend, perpetrator of maltreatment and neglect

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2023 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2023 to now.

April 2023 Added to the code set Acquaintance or friend, perpetrator of 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.

Inherited from Y07 Perpetrator of assault, maltreatment and neglect

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

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.

Maltreatment
Perpetrator, perpetration, of assault, maltreatment and neglect > friend
Perpetrator, perpetration, of assault, maltreatment and neglect > acquaintance

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
Y07.50	Unspecified non-family member, perpetrator of maltreatment and neglect	Valid
Y07.51	Daycare provider, perpetrator of maltreatment and neglect	Not billable
Y07.52	Healthcare provider, perpetrator of maltreatment and neglect	Not billable
Y07.53	Teacher or instructor, perpetrator of maltreatment and neglect	Valid
Y07.59	Other non-family member, perpetrator of maltreatment and neglect	Valid