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Y35.213A

Legal intervention involving injury by tear gas, suspect injured, initial encounter

Release
FY 2027
Effective

Hierarchy

Where Y35.213A sits in the official hierarchy. Each level is the code it is classified under.

  1. Y35 Legal intervention
  2. Y35.2 Legal intervention involving gas
  3. Y35.21 Legal intervention involving injury by tear gas
  4. Y35.213 Parent Legal intervention involving injury by tear gas, suspect injured
  5. Y35.213A This code Legal intervention involving injury by tear gas, suspect injured, initial encounter

Official Coding Notes

Reproduced verbatim from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files. Notes labelled as inherited are declared on a parent code and apply here too.

Includes

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

Inherited from Y35 — Legal intervention

7th Character

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category Y35

Inherited from Y35 — Legal intervention

7th Character

A - initial encounter

Inherited from Y35 — Legal intervention

7th Character

D - subsequent encounter

Inherited from Y35 — Legal intervention

7th Character

S - sequela

Inherited from Y35 — Legal intervention

Version History

How Y35.213A appears in each release imported from the official files, newest first.

  1. FY 2027 Effective

    Current

    Legal intervention involving injury by tear gas, suspect injured, initial encounter

  2. FY 2026 Effective

    Unchanged

    Legal intervention involving injury by tear gas, suspect injured, initial encounter

Other codes under Y35.213

Data Source

Code information on this page is derived from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files published by CDC NCHS and CMS.

Release
FY 2027
Effective
Source file
icd10cm-code-descriptions-2027.zip

Official ICD-10-CM source files (opens in a new tab)

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