Y36 Non-Billable Code
Operations of war
Chapter Classification
Chapter 20
External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99)
Section Detail
Y35-Y38
Legal intervention, operations of war, military operations, and terrorism (Y35-Y38)
Coding Guidelines & Notes
includes
- injuries to military personnel and civilians caused by war, civil insurrection, and peacekeeping missions
excludes1
- injury to military personnel occurring during peacetime military operations (Y37.-)
- military vehicles involved in transport accidents with non-military vehicle during peacetime (V09.01, V09.21, V19.81, V29.818, V39.81, V49.81, V59.81, V69.81, V79.81)
sevenChrDef
- {'char': 'A', 'text': 'initial encounter'}
- {'char': 'D', 'text': 'subsequent encounter'}
- {'char': 'S', 'text': 'sequela'}
sevenChrNote
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category Y36
More Specific Diagnosis Codes
This code is not billable as it requires a higher level of specificity. Select a more specific code below.
- Y36.0 - War operations involving explosion of marine weapons
- Y36.1 - War operations involving destruction of aircraft
- Y36.2 - War operations involving other explosions and fragments
- Y36.3 - War operations involving fires, conflagrations and hot substances
- Y36.4 - War operations involving firearm discharge and other forms of conventional warfare
- Y36.5 - War operations involving nuclear weapons
- Y36.6 - War operations involving biological weapons
- Y36.7 - War operations involving chemical weapons and other forms of unconventional warfare
- Y36.8 - War operations occurring after cessation of hostilities
- Y36.9 - Other and unspecified war operations
- Y36.A - Blast overpressure in war operations
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