ICD-10-CM › V00-Y99 › Y21-Y33 › Y33 Other specified events, undetermined intent › Y33.XXXA
Other specified events, undetermined intent, initial encounter
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2007 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.
- FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Other specified events, undetermined intent, initial encounter
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 Y33 Other specified events, undetermined intent
Seventh character required
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to code Y33
Inherited from the Y21-Y33 section Event of undetermined intent (Y21-Y33)
Also known as
- Undetermined intent is only for use when there is specific documentation in the record that the intent of the injury cannot be determined. If no such documentation is present, code to accidental (unintentional)
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.
- Wound NEC
- Electrocution
- Electric shock
- Laceration NEC
- Shock > electric
- Killed, killing NOS
- Exposure > electric current > stun gun
- Exposure > electric current > electroshock gun
- Accident > caused by, due to > electric > current
- Undetermined intent > specified event NEC
- Exposure > electric current > taser > undetermined intent
- Injury, injured NOS > undetermined whether accidental or intentional
- Killed, killing NOS > self > stated as > undetermined whether accidental or intentional
- Injury, injured NOS > inflicted > other person > stated as > undetermined whether accidental or intentional
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Y33.XXXD | Other specified events, undetermined intent, subsequent encounter | Valid |
| Y33.XXXS | Other specified events, undetermined intent, sequela | Valid |