Y35.0 is the ICD-10 code for Legal intervention involving firearm discharge. It is a four-character subcategory of Y35 (Legal intervention), the most specific level in the WHO edition. It belongs to the block Y35–Y36 (Legal intervention and operations of war) in Chapter XX, External causes of morbidity and mortality.
- Code type
- Subcategory (4 characters)
- Chapter
- XX · V01–Y98
- Classification
- WHO ICD-10, 2019 version
What Y35.0 includes
Conditions and terms that are coded here.
- Legal intervention with:
- machine gun
- revolver
- rifle pellet or rubber bullet
Y35.0 in national editions
Countries report with their own edition of ICD-10. Most keep the WHO code and add more specific codes beneath it.
Y35.0Intervention de la force publique impliquant l'usage d'armes à feu
Y35.0wettelijke interventie met schot van vuurwapen
Listed through more specific codes:
- Y35.001ALegal intervention involving unspecified firearm discharge, law enforcement official injured, initial encounter
- Y35.001DLegal intervention involving unspecified firearm discharge, law enforcement official injured, subsequent encounter
- Y35.001SLegal intervention involving unspecified firearm discharge, law enforcement official injured, sequela
- Y35.002ALegal intervention involving unspecified firearm discharge, bystander injured, initial encounter
- Y35.002DLegal intervention involving unspecified firearm discharge, bystander injured, subsequent encounter
- Y35.002SLegal intervention involving unspecified firearm discharge, bystander injured, sequela
- Y35.003ALegal intervention involving unspecified firearm discharge, suspect injured, initial encounter
- Y35.003DLegal intervention involving unspecified firearm discharge, suspect injured, subsequent encounter
- and 64 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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