Diagnosis Code: Z65.5

Short Description: Exposure to disaster, war and other hostilities

Long Description: Exposure to disaster, war and other hostilities

The code Z65.5 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification:

• Factors influencing health status and contact with health services (Z00–Z99)
  • Persons with potential health hazards related to socioeconomic and psychosocial circumstances (Z55-Z65)
    • Problems related to other psychosocial circumstances (Z65)
      • Z65.5 Exposure to disaster, war and other hostilities

This code is valid for unacceptable principal diagnosis

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM

Synonyms

• Exposure to combat
• Operations of war
• Operations of war
• Prisoner of war
• Prisoner of war in Germany
• Prisoner of war in Japan
• Saw war service
• Victim of aerial warfare
• Victim of armed conflict
• Victim of civil insurrection
• Victim of civil warfare
• Victim of guerrilla warfare
• Victim of international warfare
• Victim of land warfare
• Victim of military action
• Victim of naval warfare
• Victim of peacekeeping action

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code Z65.5 has the following ICD-10-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries

• Type 1 Excludes Notes:
  • target of perceived discrimination or persecution (@Z60.5*)

Crosswalk Information

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This page was last updated on: 10/1/2023

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