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ICD-10/Y35.309D

Y35.309D ICD-10-CM Code: Legal intervention involving unspecified blunt objects, unspecified person injured, subsequent encounter

Billing Status: YES. This is a valid, specific, and billable ICD-10-CM reference.

Official Registry Overview & Definition

Legal intervention involving unspecified blunt objects, unspecified person injured, subsequent encounter is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (Y35.309D).

Official Tabular Instructional Notes

Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for Y35.309D in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list.

Includes

Conditions the official ICD-10-CM tabular list includes under this code.

  • 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

Change history

  • FY2020 — 2019-10-01
    Added to the code set
    Legal intervention involving unspecified blunt objects, unspecified person injured, subsequent encounter
    FY2020 changes

Verify Before Coding

  • Billable — reportable as written.
  • Principal-diagnosis restriction. External cause of morbidity codes (V, W, X and Y) describe the circumstance that caused an injury, not the condition treated. The Medicare Code Editor rejects them as a principal diagnosis; sequence the injury or condition first and report this code as secondary.

From the code registry, the Medicare Code Editor, and the MS-DRG Definitions Manual. Check it against a full claim.

Contextual Map

Every relationship of Y35.309D in one view: hierarchy, official tabular instructions in both directions, clinical classification, risk adjustment, MS-DRG participation, index terms and change history — each edge carrying the CMS source it derives from.

Hierarchy

  • V00-Y99 — Chapter 20: External Causes of Morbidity (V00-Y99) (V00-Y99) [Hierarchy]
  • Y35-Y38 — Legal intervention, operations of war, military operations, and terrorism [Hierarchy]

Referenced by Excludes1 notes (17)

  • X92 — Assault by drowning and submersion [Excludes1](via Y35.-): “injuries due to legal intervention (Y35.-)”
  • X92-Y09 — Assault (X92-Y09) [Excludes1](via Y35.-): “injuries due to legal intervention (Y35.-)”
  • X93 — Assault by handgun discharge [Excludes1](via Y35.-): “injuries due to legal intervention (Y35.-)”
  • X94 — Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge [Excludes1](via Y35.-): “injuries due to legal intervention (Y35.-)”
  • X95 — Assault by other and unspecified firearm and gun discharge [Excludes1](via Y35.-): “injuries due to legal intervention (Y35.-)”
  • X96 — Assault by explosive material [Excludes1](via Y35.-): “injuries due to legal intervention (Y35.-)”
  • X97 — Assault by smoke, fire and flames [Excludes1](via Y35.-): “injuries due to legal intervention (Y35.-)”
  • X98 — Assault by steam, hot vapors and hot objects [Excludes1](via Y35.-): “injuries due to legal intervention (Y35.-)”
  • and 9 more

Clinical classification (CCSR)

  • EXT029 — External cause codes: subsequent encounter [CCSR]

External cause index

  • Legal, intervention (by), blunt object, injuring, unspecified person[External cause term]

Nearest codes (40)

  • Y35 — Legal intervention [Sibling]
  • Y35.299 — Legal intervention involving other gas, unspecified person injured [Sibling]
  • Y35.299A — Legal intervention involving other gas, unspecified person injured, initial encounter [Sibling]
  • Y35.299D — Legal intervention involving other gas, unspecified person injured, subsequent encounter [Sibling]
  • Y35.299S — Legal intervention involving other gas, unspecified person injured, sequela [Sibling]
  • Y35.3 — Legal intervention involving blunt objects [Sibling]
  • Y35.30 — Legal intervention involving unspecified blunt objects [Sibling]
  • Y35.301 — Legal intervention involving unspecified blunt objects, law enforcement official injured [Sibling]
  • and 32 more

Change history

  • FY2020 — Added to the code set [Change history]

Referenced by Other Codes

Clinical classification (AHRQ CCSR):EXT029 — External cause codes: subsequent encounter.

Clinical Classifications Software Refined (CCSR) for ICD-10-CM Diagnoses. Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

Official ICD-10-CM tabular notes on other codes that name Y35.309D or its code family.

17 Excludes1 notes: X92 (via Y35.-), X92-Y09 (via Y35.-), X93 (via Y35.-), X94 (via Y35.-), X95 (via Y35.-), X96 (via Y35.-), X97 (via Y35.-), X98 (via Y35.-), X99 (via Y35.-), Y00 (via Y35.-) and 7 more.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) & Clinical Guidance

Does Y35.309D require a 7th character?

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

Nearest Codes in This Family

Official ICD-10-CM classifications closest to Y35.309D in its code family, with their registry titles.

  • Y35.303A — Legal intervention involving unspecified blunt objects, suspect injured, initial encounter
  • Y35.303D — Legal intervention involving unspecified blunt objects, suspect injured, subsequent encounter
  • Y35.303S — Legal intervention involving unspecified blunt objects, suspect injured, sequela
  • Y35.309 — Legal intervention involving unspecified blunt objects, unspecified person injured
  • Y35.309A — Legal intervention involving unspecified blunt objects, unspecified person injured, initial encounter
  • Y35.309S — Legal intervention involving unspecified blunt objects, unspecified person injured, sequela
  • Y35.31 — Legal intervention involving baton
  • Y35.311 — Legal intervention involving baton, law enforcement official injured
  • Y35.311A — Legal intervention involving baton, law enforcement official injured, initial encounter
  • Y35.311D — Legal intervention involving baton, law enforcement official injured, subsequent encounter

View all codes in the Y35 family

Indexed As (1)

Circumstance phrases from the official ICD-10-CM External Cause of Injuries Index that map to this code.

  • Legal, intervention (by), blunt object, injuring, unspecified person