Y08.89 — Assault by other specified means
Y08.89 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for assault by other specified means. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below. This code also requires a 7th character before it is complete.
This code requires a 7th character
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category Y08
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Risk adjustment
Y08.89 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
How Y08.89 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to Y08.89.
- Acid throwing(assault)
- Assault›caustic, corrosive substance(gas)
- Assault›specified means NEC
- Assault›burning, burns NEC›acid
- Assault›burning, burns NEC›caustic, corrosive substance
- Assault›burning, burns NEC›vitriol
- Assault›injury›to child due to criminal abortion attempt NEC
- Exposure›cold›assault
- Exposure›cold›homicide(attempt)
- Exposure›electric current›caused by other person
- Exposure›electric current›homicide(attempt)
- Exposure›electric current›taser›assault
Code to one of these instead Y08.89
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share Y08.8. If Y08.89 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about Y08.89
- Is Y08.89 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. Y08.89 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does Y08.89 sit in the tabular list?
- External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99), in the block Assault (X92-Y09).