ICD-10-CM › V00-Y99 › Y35-Y38 › Y codes › Y38

Y38

Terrorism

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, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 10 more specific codes instead:

  • Y38.0 Terrorism involving explosion of marine weapons (also a header)
  • Y38.1 Terrorism involving destruction of aircraft (also a header)
  • Y38.2 Terrorism involving other explosions and fragments (also a header)
  • Y38.3 Terrorism involving fires, conflagration and hot substances (also a header)
  • Y38.4 Terrorism involving firearms (also a header)
  • Y38.5 Terrorism involving nuclear weapons (also a header)
  • Y38.6 Terrorism involving biological weapons (also a header)
  • Y38.7 Terrorism involving chemical weapons (also a header)
  • Y38.8 Terrorism involving other and unspecified means (also a header)
  • Y38.9 Terrorism, secondary effects (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 2012 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. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Terrorism

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.

This code

Seventh character required

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

Use additional code

  • code for place of occurrence (Y92.-)

Also known as

  • 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