2025
ICD-10-CM
Diagnosis
Code

X38 Flood

  • Non-billable
  • 2016–2025

X38 is a non-billable/non-specific diagnosis code from the 2025 ICD-10-CM used to classify the following condition: Flood.

Inclusion term

  • Flood arising from remote storm

  • Flood of cataclysmic nature arising from melting snow

  • Flood resulting directly from storm

Type 1 excludes

  • Collapse of dam or man-made structure causing earth movement (X36.0)

  • Tidal wave NOS (X37.41)

  • Tidal wave caused by storm (X37.42)

Seventh character note

  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to code X38

Seventh character extensions

  • A: initial encounter

  • D: subsequent encounter

  • S: sequela

Codes

Versions

  1. 2025

    No changes

  2. 2024

    No changes

  3. 2023

    No changes

  4. 2022

    No changes

  5. 2021

    No changes

  6. 2020

    No changes

  7. 2019

    Code changed

    • Type 1 excludes

        • collapse of dam or man-made structure causing earth movement (X39.0)
        • tidal wave NOS (X37.41)
        • tidal wave caused by storm (X37.2)
        • collapse of dam or man-made structure causing earth movement (X36.0)
        • tidal wave NOS (X37.41)
        • tidal wave caused by storm (X37.42)
  8. 2018

    No changes

  9. 2017

    No changes

  10. 2016

    New code