Terrorism, secondary effects, public safety official injured, initial 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.

FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Terrorism, secondary effects, public safety official injured, initial 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 Y38 Terrorism

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

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.

Terrorism > secondary effects

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
Y38.9X1D	Terrorism, secondary effects, public safety official injured, subsequent encounter	Valid
Y38.9X1S	Terrorism, secondary effects, public safety official injured, sequela	Valid