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ICD-10-CM Codes
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V00-Y99
External causes of morbidity
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Y35-Y38
Legal intervention, operations of war, military operations, and terrorism
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Y38-
Terrorism
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2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code Y38.5
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code Y38.5
Terrorism involving nuclear weapons
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
- Y38.5 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
- The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM Y38.5 became effective on October 1, 2020.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of Y38.5 - other international versions of ICD-10 Y38.5 may differ.
ICD-10-CM Coding Rules
- Y38.5 describes the circumstance causing an injury, not the nature of the injury.
Applicable To- Terrorism involving blast effects of nuclear weapon
- Terrorism involving exposure to ionizing radiation from nuclear weapon
- Terrorism involving fireball effect of nuclear weapon
- Terrorism involving heat from nuclear weapon
The following code(s) above
Y38.5 contain annotation back-references
Annotation Back-References
In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:
- Applicable To annotations, or
- Code Also annotations, or
- Code First annotations, or
- Excludes1 annotations, or
- Excludes2 annotations, or
- Includes annotations, or
- Note annotations, or
- Use Additional annotations
that may be applicable to
Y38.5:
Code History
- 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
- 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
- 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
- 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
- 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
- 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
Code annotations containing back-references to Y38.5:
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To Y38.5
Y38.4X2 Terrorism involving firearms, civilian injured
Y38.4X3 Terrorism involving firearms, terrorist injured
Y38.5
Terrorism involving nuclear weapons
Y38.5X Terrorism involving nuclear weapons
Y38.5X1 Terrorism involving nuclear weapons, public safety official injured
Y38.5X2 Terrorism involving nuclear weapons, civilian injured
Y38.5X3 Terrorism involving nuclear weapons, terrorist injured
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.