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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 Y38.89
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code Y38.89
Terrorism involving other means
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
- Y38.89 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 Y38.89 became effective on October 1, 2020.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of Y38.89 - other international versions of ICD-10 Y38.89 may differ.
ICD-10-CM Coding Rules
- Y38.89 describes the circumstance causing an injury, not the nature of the injury.
Applicable To- Terrorism involving drowning and submersion
- Terrorism involving lasers
- Terrorism involving piercing or stabbing instruments
The following code(s) above
Y38.89 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
Y38.89:
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
- Terrorism (involving) Y38.80
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code Y38.80
Terrorism involving unspecified means
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
- drowning and submersion Y38.89-
- lasers Y38.89-
- piercing or stabbing instruments Y38.89-
- specified method NEC Y38.89-
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To Y38.89
Y38.81 Terrorism involving suicide bomber
Y38.811 Terrorism involving suicide bomber, public safety official injured
Y38.812 Terrorism involving suicide bomber, civilian injured
Y38.89
Terrorism involving other means
Y38.891 Terrorism involving other means, public safety official injured
Y38.892 Terrorism involving other means, civilian injured
Y38.893 Terrorism involving other means, terrorist injured
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.