Y38

Non-Billable
ChapterV00–Y99
Rankcategory
Official Description

Terrorism

Metadata & Insights
  • 2026 ICD-10-CM Edition - Effective October 1, 2025.
  • Non-billable category (requires more specific sub-code).
  • Chapter 20: External Causes of Morbidity (V00-Y99).

Instructional Notes

Includes
  • 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
Use Additional Code
  • code for place of occurrence (Y92.-)

Clinical Hierarchy

CH20External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99)
Y35-Y38Legal intervention, operations of war, military operations, and terrorism (Y35-Y38)
Y38Terrorism
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

MS-DRG Classification

2026

No direct MS-DRG triggers identified.

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