Y38.89
Y38.89 — Terrorism involving other means
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
Y38.89 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for terrorism involving other means. 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 drowning and submersion
- Terrorism involving lasers
- Terrorism involving piercing or stabbing instruments
Risk adjustment
Y38.89 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 Y38.89
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share Y38.8. If Y38.89 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about Y38.89
- Is Y38.89 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. Y38.89 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does Y38.89 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).