Effective from
- Added
Legal intervention, means unspecified, unspecified person injured
Category — select a more specific code
CDC/NCHS · FY2020A — initial encounter
D — subsequent encounter
S — sequela
For US diagnosis claims covered by HIPAA, ICD-10-CM is required from October 1, 2015.
Use the service date for outpatient/professional claims and the discharge date for hospital inpatient claims. Earlier encounters use ICD-9-CM; each individual code must also be valid for the applicable date.
Official coding guidelines → · CMS ↗First observed · 2019-10-01
Latest recorded change · FY2020
Effective from
Legal intervention, means unspecified, unspecified person injured
Category — select a more specific code
CDC/NCHS · FY2020| All editions | Effective from | Code history |
|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 2019-10-01 | Added |
| FY2020 · April | 2020-04-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2021 | 2020-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2021 · 01-01 | 2021-01-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2022 | 2021-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2022 · 04-01 | 2022-04-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2023 | 2022-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2023 · 04-01 | 2023-04-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2024 | 2023-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2024 · 04-01 | 2024-04-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2025 | 2024-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2025 · 04-01 | 2025-04-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2026 | 2025-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2026 · April | 2026-04-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2027 | 2026-10-01 | No tabular change |
The official Tabular List has no additional instructions at this code level.
Review the instructions inherited from its parent categories below. Inherited instructions ↓
This chapter permits the classification of environmental events and circumstances as the cause of injury, and other adverse effects. Where a code from this section is applicable, it is intended that it shall be used secondary to a code from another chapter of the Classification indicating the nature of the condition. Most often, the condition will be classifiable to Chapter 19, Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88). Other conditions that may be stated to be due to external causes are classified in Chapters I to XVIII. For these conditions, codes from Chapter 20 should be used to provide additional information as to the cause of the condition.
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
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category Y35
A — initial encounter
D — subsequent encounter
S — sequela
Y35.99XALegal intervention, means unspecified, unspecified person injured, initial encounterBillable / specificY35.99XDLegal intervention, means unspecified, unspecified person injured, subsequent encounterBillable / specificY35.99XSLegal intervention, means unspecified, unspecified person injured, sequelaBillable / specificOther entries in the same category; these are not automatic substitutes.
| Code | Description | Category · further specificity required |
|---|---|---|
| Y35.91 | Legal intervention, means unspecified, law enforcement official injured | Category · further specificity required |
| Y35.92 | Legal intervention, means unspecified, bystander injured | Category · further specificity required |
| Y35.93 | Legal intervention, means unspecified, suspect injured | Category · further specificity required |
Official titles and instructions are preserved in their source language. Official sources ↗