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
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code Y36.491

2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code Y36.491

War operations involving other forms of conventional warfare, civilian

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Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code

Y36.491 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
Short description: War operations involving oth conventional warfare, civilian
The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM Y36.491 became effective on October 1, 2020.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of Y36.491 - other international versions of ICD-10 Y36.491 may differ.

ICD-10-CM Coding Rules

Y36.491 describes the circumstance causing an injury, not the nature of the injury.

The following code(s) above Y36.491 contain annotation back-references

Annotation Back-References

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

that may be applicable to Y36.491:

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
2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To Y36.491

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

Y36.490D …… subsequent encounter

Y36.490S …… sequela

Y36.491 War operations involving other forms of conventional warfare, civilian

Y36.491A …… initial encounter

Y36.491D …… subsequent encounter

Y36.491S …… sequela

Y36.5 War operations involving nuclear weapons

Y36.50 War operations involving unspecified effect of nuclear weapon

Y36.500 War operations involving unspecified effect of nuclear weapon, military personnel

Y36.500A …… initial encounter

Y36.500D …… subsequent encounter

Y36.500S …… sequela

Y36.501 War operations involving unspecified effect of nuclear weapon, civilian

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