ICD-10-CM › V00-Y99 › Y35-Y38 › Y35.99 Legal intervention, means... › Y35.99XD

Y35.99XD

Legal intervention, means unspecified, unspecified person injured, subsequent encounter

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

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

Valid FY2020 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2020 to now.

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

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
Y35.99XA Legal intervention, means unspecified, unspecified person injured, initial encounter Valid
Y35.99XS Legal intervention, means unspecified, unspecified person injured, sequela Valid