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ICD-10/Y35.819

Y35.819 ICD-10-CM Code: Legal intervention involving manhandling, unspecified person injured

Billing Status: NO. This is a clinician non-billable / parent hierarchy grouping in the ICD-10-CM system.

Official Registry Overview & Definition

Legal intervention involving manhandling, unspecified person injured is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (Y35.819). A more specific billable subcode must be selected for claims submission.

Official Tabular Instructional Notes

Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for Y35.819 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 manhandling, unspecified person injured
    FY2020 changes

Verify Before Coding

  • Not billable as written — a more specific code is required: Y35.819A, Y35.819D, Y35.819S.
  • Requires a 7th character. "The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category Y35" Options: Y35.819A, Y35.819D, Y35.819S
  • 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.

Referenced by Other Codes

Official ICD-10-CM tabular notes on other codes that name Y35.819 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

Can Y35.819 be billed directly?

No. Y35.819 (Legal intervention involving manhandling, unspecified person injured) is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code. A more specific billable subcode must be selected based on clinical documentation.

Does Y35.819 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 Y35.819 in its code family, with their registry titles.

  • Y35.812S — Legal intervention involving manhandling, bystander injured, sequela
  • Y35.813 — Legal intervention involving manhandling, suspect injured
  • Y35.813A — Legal intervention involving manhandling, suspect injured, initial encounter
  • Y35.813D — Legal intervention involving manhandling, suspect injured, subsequent encounter
  • Y35.813S — Legal intervention involving manhandling, suspect injured, sequela
  • Y35.819A — Legal intervention involving manhandling, unspecified person injured, initial encounter
  • Y35.819D — Legal intervention involving manhandling, unspecified person injured, subsequent encounter
  • Y35.819S — Legal intervention involving manhandling, unspecified person injured, sequela
  • Y35.83 — Legal intervention involving a conducted energy device
  • Y35.831 — Legal intervention involving a conducted energy device, law enforcement official injured

View all codes in the Y35 family

Indexed As (3)

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

  • Kicked by, person (s) (accidentally), in, legal intervention, injuring, unspecified person
  • Legal, intervention (by), manhandling, injuring, unspecified person
  • Struckby (accidentally), other person (s), in legal intervention, injuring, unspecified person