Chapter XX
Assault - X85-Y09

[See at the beginning of this chapter for fourth-character subdivisions]

Includes:

• homicide
• injuries inflicted by another person with intent to injure or kill, by any means

Excludes:

• injuries due to:
  
• legal intervention ( Y35.- )
  
• operations of war ( Y36.- )
  

• X85 Assault by drugs, medicaments and biological substances
• X86 Assault by corrosive substance
• X87 Assault by pesticides
• X88 Assault by gases and vapours
• X89 Assault by other specified chemicals and noxious substances
• X90 Assault by unspecified chemical or noxious substance
• X91 Assault by hanging, strangulation and suffocation
• X92 Assault by drowning and submersion
• X93 Assault by handgun discharge
• X94 Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge
• X95 Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge
• X96 Assault by explosive material
• X97 Assault by smoke, fire and flames
• X98 Assault by steam, hot vapours and hot objects
• X99 Assault by sharp object
• Y00 Assault by blunt object
• Y01 Assault by pushing from high place
• Y02 Assault by pushing or placing victim before moving object
• Y03 Assault by crashing of motor vehicle
• Y04 Assault by bodily force
• Y05 Sexual assault by bodily force
• Y06 Neglect and abandonment
• Y07 Other maltreatment syndromes
• Y08 Assault by other specified means
• Y09 Assault by unspecified means

The information was verified by Dr. Rachana Salvi, MD Pharmacology