Y35.393S Legal intervention involving other blunt objects, suspect injured, sequela

ICD-10-CM Code Y35.393S: Legal intervention involving other blunt objects, suspect injured, sequela

ICD-10-CM code Y35.393S is an active, billable diagnosis classified under the semantic type of Injury or Poisoning. It specifically denotes a sequela following legal intervention involving other blunt objects where a suspect was injured. This terminology is established in version 2026 of the ICD-10-CM system. 1 5

Plain-language overview

The official display label for Y35.393S is Legal intervention involving other blunt objects, suspect injured, sequela, and it is designated as a billable code within the ICD-10-CM system. 1 5

What this code represents

The concept Y35.393S is a child of Y35.393 and carries the semantic type of Injury or Poisoning, establishing its foundational clinical classification within the ICD-10-CM version 2026 terminology. 1

Coding details

The code Y35.393S was documented in the ICD-10-CM version 2023 and remains active in version 2026, demonstrating its continued validity across multiple terminology updates. 1 4

Documentation considerations

Public health surveillance manuals define legal intervention as actions by law enforcement acting in the line of duty, explicitly noting this classification does not denote the lawfulness of the circumstances. 2

Coverage and utilization context

The code Y35.393S is explicitly listed as a billable diagnosis code, but the supplied sources do not detail any specific payer coverage rules or reimbursement guarantees associated with it. 5

What the sources add

Surveillance systems distinguish between victims and suspects in legal interventions, noting that a single individual can be classified as both a suspect and a victim within the same incident. 2 3

Public health surveillance guidelines specify that legal executions are excluded from the legal intervention category, distinguishing them from other deaths resulting from law enforcement actions. 3

Surveillance manuals identify blunt objects, such as batons, as a mechanism by which bystanders might be inadvertently killed by law enforcement acting in the line of duty. 2

Questions to verify

The supplied excerpts do not establish the specific clinical symptoms, treatment protocols, or long-term prognosis associated with the sequela of a blunt object injury during a legal intervention. 1

Sources

1. ICD-10-CM Y35.393S terminology record — National Cancer Institute Enterprise Vocabulary Services; accessed 2026-07-27.
2. national violent death reporting system web coding manual — cdc.gov; accessed 2026-07-27.
3. National Violent Death Reporting System Coding Manual — stacks.cdc.gov; accessed 2026-07-27.
4. Browse Code Systems — vsac.nlm.nih.gov; accessed 2026-07-27.
5. Codigo. The #1 Billing Agency for Medical Practices — codigo.care; accessed 2026-07-27.