2025 ICD-10-CM code X99.2

Assault by sword or dagger

Use this code as a secondary code following a code from another chapter indicating the nature of the injury or condition. It should not be used as a primary diagnosis code.

The medical necessity for the use of this code is established by the fact that the patient was assaulted with a sword or dagger, and requires medical attention for the resulting injuries or psychological trauma.

In simple words: This code indicates an assault with a sword or dagger.

Assault by sword or dagger.This code is used to indicate that a patient has been assaulted using a sword or dagger. This code should be used as a secondary code to a code from another chapter, typically Chapter 19 (Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)), indicating the nature of the injury.

Example 1: A patient presents to the emergency room with a laceration to the arm caused by an assault with a sword., A patient is admitted to the hospital after being attacked with a dagger, resulting in a puncture wound to the chest., A police report indicates that the victim was threatened with a sword during a robbery, though no physical injuries were sustained. The code could still be used to document the nature of the assault.

Documentation should include the type of weapon used (sword or dagger), the nature and location of any injuries sustained, and any other relevant circumstances surrounding the assault.

** This code excludes injuries due to legal intervention (Y35.-), injuries due to operations of war (Y36.-), and injuries due to terrorism (Y38.-).

  • Specialties:Emergency Medicine, Trauma Surgery, Primary Care
  • Place of Service:Emergency Room - Hospital, Inpatient Hospital, Office
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