Z65.5
ICD-10BillableExposure to disaster, war and other hostilities
Official ICD-10-CM descriptor (FY2026)
Exposure to disaster, war and other hostilities
Z65.5 is valid for submission on a claim — CMS flags it as a billable, specific code.
Excludes1
Not coded here. An Excludes1 code should never be reported at the same time as the code above it.
- target of perceived discrimination or persecution (Z60.5)
Related codes in Z65
- Z65.0Conviction in civil & criminal proceedings w/o imprisonment
- Z65.1Imprisonment and other incarceration
- Z65.2Problems related to release from prison
- Z65.3Problems related to other legal circumstances
- Z65.4Victim of crime and terrorism
- Z65.8Oth problems related to psychosocial circumstances
- Z65.9Problem related to unspecified psychosocial circumstances
Where this code sits
- Parent code
- Z65
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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.