ICD-10-CM › V00-Y99 › X30-X39 › X39.8 Other exposure to forces of nature › X39.8XXD

X39.8XXD

Other exposure to forces of nature, subsequent encounter

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2007 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

  1. FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Other exposure to forces of nature, subsequent encounter

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 X39 Exposure to other forces of nature

Seventh character required

  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category X39

How CDC's index refers to this code

Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
X39.8XXA Other exposure to forces of nature, initial encounter Valid
X39.8XXS Other exposure to forces of nature, sequela Valid