Y38
Terrorism
- Release
- FY 2027
- Effective
Official Coding Notes
Reproduced verbatim from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files.
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
More Specific Codes
10 codes under Y38
- 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
Version History
How Y38 appears in each release imported from the official files, newest first.
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FY 2027 Effective
CurrentTerrorism
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FY 2026 Effective
UnchangedTerrorism
Data Source
Code information on this page is derived from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files published by CDC NCHS and CMS.
- Release
- FY 2027
- Effective
- Source file
- icd10cm-code-descriptions-2027.zip
Official ICD-10-CM source files (opens in a new tab)
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