Effects of war theater

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2026 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 2 more specific codes instead:

T75.830 Gulf war illness (also a header)
T75.838 Effects of other war theater (also a header)

This code requires a seventh character. See the rule below.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2026 to now.

FY2026 Added to the code set Effects of war theater

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

Inherited from T75 Other and unspecified effects of other external causes

Seventh character required

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category T75

Excludes1 - never coded here

adverse effects NEC (T78.-)

Excludes2 - not included here

burns (electric) (T20-T31)

Inherited from the T66-T78 section Other and unspecified effects of external causes (T66-T78)

Code also

, if applicable, place of occurrence, such as:
highway rest stop (Y92.523)
school (private) (public) (state) as the place of occurrence of the external cause (Y92.21-)
service areas as the place of occurrence of the external cause (Y92.52-)
single-family non-institutional (private) house as the place of occurrence of the external cause (Y92.01-)
transport vehicle as the place of occurrence of the external cause (Y92.81-)

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
T75.81	Effects of abnormal gravitation [G] forces	Not billable
T75.82	Effects of weightlessness	Not billable
T75.89	Other specified effects of external causes	Not billable