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E979.7 - Terrorism Involving Chemical Weapons


The ICD 9 Code for Terrorism involving chemical weapons is listed as E979.7.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 10 crosswalks / GEMS, and chapter information where available.
ICD 9 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: E979.7
Long Description: Terrorism involving chemical weapons
Short Description: Terrorism, chemicals
Chapter: Supplementary Classification Of External Causes Of Injury And Poisoning
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD-10-CM Code: Y38.7X2A - Terrorism involving chemical weapons, civilian injured, initial encounter (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of E979.7:
E979.0 - Terrorism involving explosion of marine weapons
E979.1 - Terrorism involving destruction of aircraft
E979.2 - Terrorism involving other explosions and fragments
E979.3 - Terrorism involving fires
E979.4 - Terrorism involving firearms
E979.5 - Terrorism involving nuclear weapons
E979.6 - Terrorism involving biological weapons
E979.8 - Terrorism involving other means
E979.9 - Terrorism secondary effects