Y38.5
Y38.5: Terrorism involving nuclear weapons
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
Y38.5 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for terrorism involving nuclear weapons. 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
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Terrorism involving blast effects of nuclear weapon
- Terrorism involving exposure to ionizing radiation from nuclear weapon
- Terrorism involving fireball effect of nuclear weapon
- Terrorism involving heat from nuclear weapon
Other codes that can never be billed with Y38.5
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead Y38.5
1 child code. Green means billable.
Other codes under Y38
- Y38.0Terrorism involving explosion of marine weapons
- Y38.1Terrorism involving destruction of aircraft
- Y38.2Terrorism involving other explosions and fragments
- Y38.3Terrorism involving fires, conflagration and hot substances
- Y38.4Terrorism involving firearms
- Y38.6Terrorism involving biological weapons
- Y38.7Terrorism involving chemical weapons
- Y38.8Terrorism involving other and unspecified means
- Y38.9Terrorism, secondary effects