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Y38 - Terrorism

ICD-10-CM Chapter 20: External causes of morbidity · Y35-Y38 Legal intervention, operations of war, military operations, and terrorism (Y35-Y38) · Top-level category · FY2027

Coding Guidance

Y38 is a non-billable heading. Report one of the 10 more specific codes below.

Applicable To

Inclusion terms listed under Y38 in the ICD-10-CM tabular list.

  • These codes are for use to identify injuries resulting from the unlawful use of force or violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a Government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objective
7th Character

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category Y38

  • Ainitial encounter
  • Dsubsequent encounter
  • Ssequela

Includes, Excludes and Coding Notes

Use Additional CodeFrom Y38

Add a secondary code to identify the associated condition or cause when it is documented.

  • code for place of occurrence (Y92.-)
NotesFrom Chapter V00-Y99

Instructional notes from the ICD-10-CM tabular list.

  • This chapter permits the classification of environmental events and circumstances as the cause of injury, and other adverse effects. Where a code from this section is applicable, it is intended that it shall be used secondary to a code from another chapter of the Classification indicating the nature of the condition. Most often, the condition will be classifiable to Chapter 19, Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88). Other conditions that may be stated to be due to external causes are classified in Chapters I to XVIII. For these conditions, codes from Chapter 20 should be used to provide additional information as to the cause of the condition.

More Specific Codes (10)

Y38.0Terrorism involving explosion of marine weapons→Y38.1Terrorism involving destruction of aircraft→Y38.2Terrorism involving other explosions and fragments→Y38.3Terrorism involving fires, conflagration and hot substances→Y38.4Terrorism involving firearms→Y38.5Terrorism involving nuclear weapons→Y38.6Terrorism involving biological weapons→Y38.7Terrorism involving chemical weapons→Y38.8Terrorism involving other and unspecified means→Y38.9Terrorism, secondary effects→