Y38 Terrorism

Category / Non-billable header 53 subcodes

Block: Legal intervention, operations of war, military operations, and terrorism (Y35-Y38)

Includes

  • These codes are for use to identify injuries resulting from the unlawful use of force or violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a Government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objective

Use Additional Code

  • code for place of occurrence (Y92.-)

Subcodes

Subcodes are listed below for reference. Detail pages are not available for chapters 11–22.

Code Description Billable
Y38..0 Terrorism involving explosion of marine weapons No
Y38..0X Terrorism involving explosion of marine weapons No
Y38..0X1 Terrorism involving explosion of marine weapons, public safety official injured No
Y38..0X2 Terrorism involving explosion of marine weapons, civilian injured No
Y38..0X3 Terrorism involving explosion of marine weapons, terrorist injured No
Y38..1 Terrorism involving destruction of aircraft No
Y38..1X Terrorism involving destruction of aircraft No
Y38..1X1 Terrorism involving destruction of aircraft, public safety official injured No
Y38..1X2 Terrorism involving destruction of aircraft, civilian injured No
Y38..1X3 Terrorism involving destruction of aircraft, terrorist injured No
Y38..2 Terrorism involving other explosions and fragments No
Y38..2X Terrorism involving other explosions and fragments No
Y38..2X1 Terrorism involving other explosions and fragments, public safety official injured No
Y38..2X2 Terrorism involving other explosions and fragments, civilian injured No
Y38..2X3 Terrorism involving other explosions and fragments, terrorist injured No
Y38..3 Terrorism involving fires, conflagration and hot substances No
Y38..3X Terrorism involving fires, conflagration and hot substances No
Y38..3X1 Terrorism involving fires, conflagration and hot substances, public safety official injured No
Y38..3X2 Terrorism involving fires, conflagration and hot substances, civilian injured No
Y38..3X3 Terrorism involving fires, conflagration and hot substances, terrorist injured No
Y38..4 Terrorism involving firearms No
Y38..4X Terrorism involving firearms No
Y38..4X1 Terrorism involving firearms, public safety official injured No
Y38..4X2 Terrorism involving firearms, civilian injured No
Y38..4X3 Terrorism involving firearms, terrorist injured No
Y38..5 Terrorism involving nuclear weapons No
Y38..5X Terrorism involving nuclear weapons No
Y38..5X1 Terrorism involving nuclear weapons, public safety official injured No
Y38..5X2 Terrorism involving nuclear weapons, civilian injured No
Y38..5X3 Terrorism involving nuclear weapons, terrorist injured No
Y38..6 Terrorism involving biological weapons No
Y38..6X Terrorism involving biological weapons No
Y38..6X1 Terrorism involving biological weapons, public safety official injured No
Y38..6X2 Terrorism involving biological weapons, civilian injured No
Y38..6X3 Terrorism involving biological weapons, terrorist injured No
Y38..7 Terrorism involving chemical weapons No
Y38..7X Terrorism involving chemical weapons No
Y38..7X1 Terrorism involving chemical weapons, public safety official injured No
Y38..7X2 Terrorism involving chemical weapons, civilian injured No
Y38..7X3 Terrorism involving chemical weapons, terrorist injured No
Y38..8 Terrorism involving other and unspecified means No
Y38..80 Terrorism involving unspecified means No
Y38..81 Terrorism involving suicide bomber No
Y38..811 Terrorism involving suicide bomber, public safety official injured No
Y38..812 Terrorism involving suicide bomber, civilian injured No
Y38..89 Terrorism involving other means No
Y38..891 Terrorism involving other means, public safety official injured No
Y38..892 Terrorism involving other means, civilian injured No
Y38..893 Terrorism involving other means, terrorist injured No
Y38..9 Terrorism, secondary effects No
Y38..9X Terrorism, secondary effects No
Y38..9X1 Terrorism, secondary effects, public safety official injured No
Y38..9X2 Terrorism, secondary effects, civilian injured No

Last reviewed: September 2026