X37.1
X37.1: Tornado
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
X37.1 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for tornado. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below. This code also requires a 7th character before it is complete.
This code requires a 7th character
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category X37
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Cyclone
- Twister
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Cyclone(any injury)
- Tornado(any injury)
- Forces of nature›cyclone
- Forces of nature›tornado
- Forces of nature›twister
- Drowning›due to›cyclone
- Forces of nature›cataclysmic storm›cyclone
- Forces of nature›cataclysmic storm›tornado
- Forces of nature›cataclysmic storm›twister
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead X37.1
3 child codes. Green means billable.