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ICD-10/Y35.99XA

Y35.99XA ICD-10-CM Code: Legal intervention, means unspecified, unspecified person 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, unspecified person injured, initial encounter is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (Y35.99A).

Official Tabular Instructional Notes

Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for Y35.99XA 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, means unspecified, unspecified person injured, initial 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.

Referenced by Other Codes

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.

Official ICD-10-CM tabular notes on other codes that name Y35.99XA 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 Y35.99XA 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 Y35.99XA 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
  • Y35.93XA — Legal intervention, means unspecified, suspect injured, initial encounter
  • 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
  • Y35.99XD — Legal intervention, means unspecified, unspecified person injured, subsequent encounter

View all codes in the Y35 family