ICD-10-CM Codes
V00-Y99 External causes of morbidity
Y35-Y38 Legal intervention, operations of war, military operations, and terrorism
Y36- Operations of war

2020 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code Y36.470

War operations involving unintentional restriction of air and airway, military personnel

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2020

Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code

Y36.470 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
Short description: War op involving unintent restrict of air/airwy, milt
The 2020 edition of ICD-10-CM Y36.470 became effective on October 1, 2019.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of Y36.470 - other international versions of ICD-10 Y36.470 may differ.

ICD-10-CM Coding Rules

Y36.470 describes the circumstance causing an injury, not the nature of the injury.

The following code(s) above Y36.470 contain annotation back-references

Annotation Back-References

In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:

that may be applicable to Y36.470:

Code History

2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To Y36.470

Y36.46 War operations involving intentional restriction of air and airway

Y36.460 War operations involving intentional restriction of air and airway, military personnel

Y36.460A …… initial encounter

Y36.460D …… subsequent encounter

Y36.460S …… sequela

Y36.461 War operations involving intentional restriction of air and airway, civilian

Y36.461A …… initial encounter

Y36.461D …… subsequent encounter

Y36.461S …… sequela

Y36.47 War operations involving unintentional restriction of air and airway

Y36.470 War operations involving unintentional restriction of air and airway, military personnel

Y36.470A …… initial encounter

Y36.470D …… subsequent encounter

Y36.470S …… sequela

Y36.471 War operations involving unintentional restriction of air and airway, civilian

Y36.471A …… initial encounter

Y36.471D …… subsequent encounter

Y36.471S …… sequela

Y36.49 War operations involving other forms of conventional warfare

Y36.490 War operations involving other forms of conventional warfare, military personnel

Y36.490A …… initial encounter

Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.