Y38.5
ICD-10Non-billable categoryTerrorism involving nuclear weapons
Official ICD-10-CM descriptor (FY2026)
Terrorism involving nuclear weapons
Y38.5 is a category heading, not a billable code. CMS does not accept it on a claim; report one of the more specific codes beneath it.
Inclusion terms
- 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
ICD-10-CM FY2026 defines 1 code beneath Y38.5. See the ICD-10-CM index for what this site publishes.
Related codes in Y38
- Y38.0Terrorism involving explosion of marine weaponscategory
- Y38.1Terrorism involving destruction of aircraftcategory
- Y38.2Terrorism involving other explosions and fragmentscategory
- Y38.3Terrorism involving fires, conflagration and hot substancescategory
- Y38.4Terrorism involving firearmscategory
- Y38.6Terrorism involving biological weaponscategory
- Y38.7Terrorism involving chemical weaponscategory
- Y38.8Terrorism involving other and unspecified meanscategory
- Y38.9Terrorism, secondary effectscategory
Where this code sits
- Parent code
- Y38
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ICD-10-CM FY2026. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) / National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), “2026 ICD-10-CM Code Descriptions in Tabular Order” (icd10cm_order_2026.txt). Download the original file from cms.gov. Public domain (US Government work). Descriptors, billable flags and instructional notes on this page are reproduced from that file without modification. Krasyn adds no clinical guidance.