Description revised ยท FY2026
Billable: use this code on claims.
- Description changed effective October 1, 2025. Before that it read: Stepbrother, perpetrator or maltreatment and neglect.
Code breakdown
Y07.435
- Y07CategoryPerpetrator of assault, maltreatment and neglect
- 4Character 4Other family member, perpetrator of maltreatment and neglect
- 3Character 5Stepparent or stepsibling, perpetrator of maltreatment and neglect
- 5Character 6Stepbrother, perpetrator of maltreatment and neglect
Coding notes
Includes (from Y07)
- perpetrator of abandonment
- perpetrator of emotional neglect
- perpetrator of mental cruelty
- perpetrator of physical abuse
- perpetrator of physical neglect
- perpetrator of sexual abuse
- perpetrator of torture
- perpetrator of verbal abuse
Notes (from Y07)
- Codes from this category are for use only in cases of confirmed abuse (T74.-)
- Selection of the correct perpetrator code is based on the relationship between the perpetrator and the victim
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