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Y35.93XA ICD-10-CM Code: Legal intervention, means unspecified, suspect injured, initial encounter

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

Official Registry Overview & Definition

Legal intervention, means unspecified, suspect injured, initial encounter is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (Y35.93A).

Official Tabular Instructional Notes

Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for Y35.93XA 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

No changes recorded for this code — unchanged since the FY2016 baseline of the change ledger.

Verify Before Coding

  • 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.

Relationships & Classification

Other codes that name Y35.93XA or its code family, from the CMS ICD-10-CM tabular instructional notes. Tabular-note edges are stored at the code family level that carries each note.

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.

Clinical classification (AHRQ CCSR):EXT019 — External cause codes: unspecified mechanism; EXT024 — External cause codes: intent of injury, legal intervention/war.

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

Related Codes

Same clinical category (CCSR)

AHRQ's Clinical Classifications Software groups these diagnoses under the same clinical categories (External cause codes: unspecified mechanism, External cause codes: intent of injury, legal intervention/war).

Y35.892A — Legal intervention involving other specified means, bystander injured, initial encounter, Y35.893A — Legal intervention involving other specified means, suspect injured, initial encounter, Y35.899A — Legal intervention involving other specified means, unspecified person injured, initial encounter, Y35.91XA — Legal intervention, means unspecified, law enforcement official injured, initial encounter, Y35.92XA — Legal intervention, means unspecified, bystander injured, initial encounter, Y35.99XA — Legal intervention, means unspecified, unspecified person injured, initial encounter, Y36.000A — War operations involving explosion of unspecified marine weapon, military personnel, initial encounter, Y36.001A — War operations involving explosion of unspecified marine weapon, civilian, initial encounter, Y36.010A — War operations involving explosion of depth-charge, military personnel, initial encounter, Y36.011A — War operations involving explosion of depth-charge, civilian, initial encounter, +279 more

Contextual Map

Every relationship of Y35.93XA 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.-)” · check together
  • X92-Y09 — Assault (X92-Y09) [Excludes1](via Y35.-): “injuries due to legal intervention (Y35.-)” · check together
  • X93 — Assault by handgun discharge [Excludes1](via Y35.-): “injuries due to legal intervention (Y35.-)” · check together
  • X94 — Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge [Excludes1](via Y35.-): “injuries due to legal intervention (Y35.-)” · check together
  • X95 — Assault by other and unspecified firearm and gun discharge [Excludes1](via Y35.-): “injuries due to legal intervention (Y35.-)” · check together
  • X96 — Assault by explosive material [Excludes1](via Y35.-): “injuries due to legal intervention (Y35.-)” · check together
  • X97 — Assault by smoke, fire and flames [Excludes1](via Y35.-): “injuries due to legal intervention (Y35.-)” · check together
  • X98 — Assault by steam, hot vapors and hot objects [Excludes1](via Y35.-): “injuries due to legal intervention (Y35.-)” · check together
  • and 9 more

Clinical classification (CCSR)

  • EXT019 — External cause codes: unspecified mechanism [CCSR]
  • EXT024 — External cause codes: intent of injury, legal intervention/war [CCSR]

Nearest codes (40)

  • Y35 — Legal intervention [Sibling]
  • Y35.833A — Legal intervention involving a conducted energy device, suspect injured, initial encounter [Sibling]
  • Y35.833D — Legal intervention involving a conducted energy device, suspect injured, subsequent encounter [Sibling]
  • Y35.833S — Legal intervention involving a conducted energy device, suspect injured, sequela [Sibling]
  • Y35.839 — Legal intervention involving a conducted energy device, unspecified person injured [Sibling]
  • Y35.839A — Legal intervention involving a conducted energy device, unspecified person injured, initial encounter [Sibling]
  • Y35.839D — Legal intervention involving a conducted energy device, unspecified person injured, subsequent encounter [Sibling]
  • Y35.839S — Legal intervention involving a conducted energy device, unspecified person injured, sequela [Sibling]
  • and 32 more

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) & Clinical Guidance

Does Y35.93XA 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 Y35.93XA in its code family, with their registry titles.

  • Y35.92 — Legal intervention, means unspecified, bystander injured
  • Y35.92XA — Legal intervention, means unspecified, bystander injured, initial encounter
  • Y35.92XD — Legal intervention, means unspecified, bystander injured, subsequent encounter
  • Y35.92XS — Legal intervention, means unspecified, bystander injured, sequela
  • Y35.93 — Legal intervention, means unspecified, suspect injured
  • Y35.93XD — Legal intervention, means unspecified, suspect injured, subsequent encounter
  • Y35.93XS — Legal intervention, means unspecified, suspect injured, sequela
  • Y35.99 — Legal intervention, means unspecified, unspecified person injured
  • Y35.99XA — Legal intervention, means unspecified, unspecified person injured, initial encounter
  • Y35.99XD — Legal intervention, means unspecified, unspecified person injured, subsequent encounter

View all codes in the Y35 family