Y35.03
Header — not billableLegal intervention involving injury by rifle pellet
The ICD-10 code for legal intervention involving injury by rifle pellet is Y35.03.
Y35.03 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 4 more specific codes below.
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •This is a non-billable header code. Documentation must support a more specific child code before this diagnosis can be reported on a claim.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Child codes under Y35.03
- Y35.031Legal intervention involving injury by rifle pellet, law enforcement official injured
- Y35.032Legal intervention involving injury by rifle pellet, bystander injured
- Y35.033Legal intervention involving injury by rifle pellet, suspect injured
- Y35.039Legal intervention involving injury by rifle pellet, unspecified person injured
Related codes in this category
- Y35.00Legal intervention involving unspecified firearm dischargenon-billable header
- Y35.01Legal intervention involving injury by machine gunnon-billable header
- Y35.02Legal intervention involving injury by handgunnon-billable header
- Y35.04Legal intervention involving injury by rubber bulletnon-billable header
- Y35.09Legal intervention involving other firearm dischargenon-billable header
- Y35.03Legal intervention involving injury by rifle pelletnon-billable header