Is Y38.2 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

No. Y38.2 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.

Where does Y38.2 sit in the tabular list?

External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99), in the block Legal intervention, operations of war, military operations, and terrorism (Y35-Y38).

What cannot be coded together with Y38.2?

Y38.2 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.

Y38.2

Y38.2 — Terrorism involving other explosions and fragments

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

Y38.2 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for terrorism involving other explosions and fragments. 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 Y38

A: initial encounter
D: subsequent encounter
S: sequela

Excludes1 — never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

terrorism involving explosion of nuclear weapon (Y38.5)
terrorism involving suicide bomber (Y38.81)

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Terrorism involving antipersonnel (fragments) bomb
Terrorism involving blast NOS
Terrorism involving explosion NOS
Terrorism involving explosion of breech block
Terrorism involving explosion of cannon block
Terrorism involving explosion (fragments) of artillery shell
Terrorism involving explosion (fragments) of bomb
Terrorism involving explosion (fragments) of grenade
Terrorism involving explosion (fragments) of guided missile
Terrorism involving explosion (fragments) of land mine
Terrorism involving explosion of mortar bomb
Terrorism involving explosion of munitions
Terrorism involving explosion (fragments) of rocket
Terrorism involving explosion (fragments) of shell
Terrorism involving shrapnel
Terrorism involving mine NOS, on land

Other codes that can never be billed with Y38.2

These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at Y38.2. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading Y38.2 alone.

X96Assault by explosive material

Risk adjustment

Y38.2 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.

Code to one of these instead Y38.2

1 child code. Green means billable.

Y38.2XTerrorism involving other explosions and fragments

Related codes at this level

Codes that share Y38. If Y38.2 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about Y38.2

Is Y38.2 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: No. Y38.2 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does Y38.2 sit in the tabular list?: External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99), in the block Legal intervention, operations of war, military operations, and terrorism (Y35-Y38).
What cannot be coded together with Y38.2?: Y38.2 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.