Y35.199A
Y35.199A — Legal intervention involving other explosives, unspecified person injured, initial encounter
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
Y35.199A is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for legal intervention involving other explosives, unspecified person injured, initial encounter. It is valid for submission on a claim.
7th character "A" — initial encounter
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category Y35
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Risk adjustment
Y35.199A 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.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share Y35.199. If Y35.199A is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about Y35.199A
- Is Y35.199A a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. Y35.199A is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does Y35.199A sit in the tabular list?
- External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99), in the block Legal intervention, operations of war, military operations, and terrorism (Y35-Y38).