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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 Y38.9
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code Y38.9
Terrorism, secondary effects
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
- Y38.9 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 Y38.9 became effective on October 1, 2020.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of Y38.9 - other international versions of ICD-10 Y38.9 may differ.
ICD-10-CM Coding Rules
- Y38.9 describes the circumstance causing an injury, not the nature of the injury.
Note- This code is for use to identify conditions occurring subsequent to a terrorist attack not those that are due to the initial terrorist attack
The following code(s) above
Y38.9 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
Y38.9:
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
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To Y38.9
Y38.892 Terrorism involving other means, civilian injured
Y38.893 Terrorism involving other means, terrorist injured
Y38.9
Terrorism, secondary effects
Y38.9X Terrorism, secondary effects
Y38.9X1 Terrorism, secondary effects, public safety official injured
Y38.9X2 Terrorism, secondary effects, civilian injured
Y62 Failure of sterile precautions during surgical and medical care
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.