Y35.02
Header — not billableLegal intervention involving injury by handgun
The ICD-10 code for legal intervention involving injury by handgun is Y35.02.
Y35.02 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 4 more specific codes below.
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •This is a non-billable header code. Documentation must support a more specific child code before this diagnosis can be reported on a claim.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Child codes under Y35.02
- Y35.021Legal intervention involving injury by handgun, law enforcement official injured
- Y35.022Legal intervention involving injury by handgun, bystander injured
- Y35.023Legal intervention involving injury by handgun, suspect injured
- Y35.029Legal intervention involving injury by handgun, unspecified person injured
Related codes in this category
- Y35.00Legal intervention involving unspecified firearm dischargenon-billable header
- Y35.01Legal intervention involving injury by machine gunnon-billable header
- Y35.03Legal intervention involving injury by rifle pelletnon-billable header
- Y35.04Legal intervention involving injury by rubber bulletnon-billable header
- Y35.09Legal intervention involving other firearm dischargenon-billable header
- Y35.02Legal intervention involving injury by handgunnon-billable header