Legal intrvnt w injury by handgun, unsp person injured, init

This code signifies an injury sustained as a direct result of legal intervention involving a handgun. The specific individual who was injured by the handgun is not identified in the documentation. This code is used for the initial treatment of such an injury.

Apply this code when a patient presents with an injury, such as a gunshot wound, that is explicitly documented as occurring during an incident of legal intervention where a handgun was used. This is appropriate when the medical record does not specify whether the patient was the perpetrator, victim, or bystander, and it is the first time this injury is being treated.

• Always sequence this code after the primary injury code (e.g., S31.10XA for open wound of abdominal wall, initial encounter).
• Ensure documentation clearly states "legal intervention" and "handgun" as the mechanism of injury.
• Only use the "A" seventh character for the initial encounter for treatment of the injury.