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Y38 — Terrorism
Part of Chapter 20: External causes of morbidity , block Legal intervention, operations of war, military operations, and terrorism (Y35-Y38) .
Official Notes
Inclusion Terms
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 .-)
7th Character
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category Y38
7th Character
A - initial encounter
7th Character
D - subsequent encounter
7th Character
S - sequela
Child Codes
- Y38.0 Terrorism involving explosion of marine weapons Has subcodes
- Y38.1 Terrorism involving destruction of aircraft Has subcodes
- Y38.2 Terrorism involving other explosions and fragments Has subcodes
- Y38.3 Terrorism involving fires, conflagration and hot substances Has subcodes
- Y38.4 Terrorism involving firearms Has subcodes
- Y38.5 Terrorism involving nuclear weapons Has subcodes
- Y38.6 Terrorism involving biological weapons Has subcodes
- Y38.7 Terrorism involving chemical weapons Has subcodes
- Y38.8 Terrorism involving other and unspecified means Has subcodes
- Y38.9 Terrorism, secondary effects Has subcodes
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