Z65.5 Exposure to disaster, war and other hostilities

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026. Exempt from present-on-admission (POA) reporting.

Excludes1 (never code together)

• target of perceived discrimination or persecution (Z60.5)

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 951 in MDC 23.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• V62.22 Personal history of return from military deployment (approximate)

Medicare Code Edits (MCE v43.1 (April 2026))

• Unacceptable principal diagnosis: These codes describe a circumstance which influences care but is not a current illness or injury, or capture only an underlying condition, and are unacceptable as principal diagnosis.

Code annotations containing back-references to Z65.5

Back-references to Z65

• Type 2 Excludes: Z72 Problems related to lifestyle ("problems related to socioeconomic and psychosocial circumstances (Z55-Z65)")
• Type 2 Excludes: Z73 Problems related to life management difficulty ("problems related to socioeconomic and psychosocial circumstances (Z55-Z65)")

Diagnosis Index entries for Z65.5

• Exposure (to) › disaster
• Exposure (to) › war
• Victim (of) › disaster
• Victim (of) › war

Nearby codes

• Z65.0 Conviction in civil and criminal proceedings without imprisonment
• Z65.1 Imprisonment and other incarceration
• Z65.2 Problems related to release from prison
• Z65.3 Problems related to other legal circumstances
• Z65.4 Victim of crime and terrorism
• Z65.5 Exposure to disaster, war and other hostilities (this code)
• Z65.8 Other specified problems related to psychosocial circumstances
• Z65.9 Problem related to unspecified psychosocial circumstances