Y35 is the ICD-10 code for Legal intervention. It is a three-character category divided into 8 subcodes; use the subcode whenever the record supports that level of detail. It belongs to the block Y35–Y36 (Legal intervention and operations of war) in Chapter XX, External causes of morbidity and mortality.
- Code type
- Category (3 characters)
- Chapter
- XX · V01–Y98
- Classification
- WHO ICD-10, 2019 version
What Y35 includes
Conditions and terms that are coded here.
- injuries inflicted by the police or other law-enforcing agents, including military on duty, in the course of arresting or attempting to arrest lawbreakers, suppressing disturbances, maintaining order, and other legal action
Subcodes of Y35
- Y35.0Legal intervention involving firearm discharge
- Y35.1Legal intervention involving explosives
- Y35.2Legal intervention involving gas
- Y35.3Legal intervention involving blunt objects
- Y35.4Legal intervention involving sharp objects
- Y35.5Legal execution
- Y35.6Legal intervention involving other specified means
- Y35.7Legal intervention, means unspecified
Y35 in national editions
Countries report with their own edition of ICD-10. Most keep the WHO code and add more specific codes beneath it.
Y35Järjestysvallan toimet
Y35Verletzungen bei gesetzlichen Maßnahmen
Y35Intervention de la force publique
Y35wettelijke interventie
Listed through more specific codes:
- Y35.811ALegal intervention involving manhandling, law enforcement official injured, initial encounter
- Y35.811DLegal intervention involving manhandling, law enforcement official injured, subsequent encounter
- Y35.811SLegal intervention involving manhandling, law enforcement official injured, sequela
- Y35.812ALegal intervention involving manhandling, bystander injured, initial encounter
- Y35.812DLegal intervention involving manhandling, bystander injured, subsequent encounter
- Y35.812SLegal intervention involving manhandling, bystander injured, sequela
- Y35.813ALegal intervention involving manhandling, suspect injured, initial encounter
- Y35.813DLegal intervention involving manhandling, suspect injured, subsequent encounter
- and 40 more national subcodes
Based on the World Health Organization’s International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th revision (ICD-10), 2019 version, and the national editions published by each country’s health authority. This page is a reference, not coding advice; follow your national coding rules when you report.
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