Legal intervention, means unspecified, unspecified person injured

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, FY2020 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:

Y35.99XA Legal intervention, means unspecified, unspecified person injured, initial encounter
Y35.99XD Legal intervention, means unspecified, unspecified person injured, subsequent encounter
Y35.99XS Legal intervention, means unspecified, unspecified person injured, sequela

This code requires a seventh character. See the rule below.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2020 to now.

FY2020 Added to the code set Legal intervention, means unspecified, unspecified person injured

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 Y35 Legal intervention

Seventh character required

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category Y35

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

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.

Gunshot wound
Shooting, shot
Stab, stabbing
Execution, legal
Firearm discharge
Legal > execution
Capital punishment
Struck by > bullet
Discharge > gun NEC
Wound NEC > gunshot
Contact > with > bayonet
Shooting, shot > suicide
Shooting, shot > homicide
Beheading > legal execution
Struck by > missile > firearm
Legal > intervention > bayonet
Struck by > flare, Very pistol
Legal > intervention > stabbing
Shooting, shot > self-inflicted
Cut, cutting > legal > execution
Decapitation NEC > legal execution
Burn, burned, burning > Very pistol
Cut, cutting > legal > intervention
Object > set in motion by > firearm
Shooting, shot > herself or himself
Discharge > gun NEC > other specified
Bayonet wound > in > legal intervention
Burn, burned, burning > flare, Very pistol
Shooting, shot > inflicted by other person
Shooting, shot > self-inflicted > accidental
Accident > caused by, due to > firearm missile
Discharge > firearm > larger > legal intervention
Legal > intervention > cutting or piercing instrument
Shooting, shot > inflicted by other person > accidental
Contact > with > object NEC > sharp NEC > legal intervention
Killed, killing NOS > in > brawl, fight > by weapon > firearm
Legal > intervention > injuring > unspecified person

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
Y35.91	Legal intervention, means unspecified, law enforcement official injured	Not billable
Y35.92	Legal intervention, means unspecified, bystander injured	Not billable
Y35.93	Legal intervention, means unspecified, suspect injured	Not billable