All ICD10 Codes

X38

Billable
ChapterV00–Y99
Rankcategory
Official Description

Flood

Metadata & Insights
  • •Billable/specific code (valid for reimbursement).
  • •Chapter 20: External Causes of Morbidity (V00-Y99).

Instructional Notes

Includes
  • Flood arising from remote storm
  • Flood of cataclysmic nature arising from melting snow
  • Flood resulting directly from storm
Excludes1(Not coded here. Use a different code.)
  • collapse of dam or man-made structure causing earth movement (X36.0)
  • tidal wave NOS (X37.41)
  • tidal wave caused by storm (X37.42)

Clinical Hierarchy

BillableHas subcodes
CH20External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99)
X30-X39Exposure to forces of nature (X30-X39)
X38FloodBillable
X38.XXXAFlood, initial encounterBillable
X38.XXXDFlood, subsequent encounterBillable
X38.XXXSFlood, sequelaBillable

MS-DRG Classification

2026

No direct MS-DRG triggers identified.

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