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ICD-10-CM Codes
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V00-Y99
External causes of morbidity
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Y35-Y38
Legal intervention, operations of war, military operations, and terrorism
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Y36-
Operations of war
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2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code Y36.5
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code Y36.5
War operations involving nuclear weapons
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
- Y36.5 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
- The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM Y36.5 became effective on October 1, 2020.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of Y36.5 - other international versions of ICD-10 Y36.5 may differ.
ICD-10-CM Coding Rules
- Y36.5 describes the circumstance causing an injury, not the nature of the injury.
Applicable To- War operations involving dirty bomb NOS
The following code(s) above
Y36.5 contain annotation back-references
Annotation Back-References
In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:
- Applicable To annotations, or
- Code Also annotations, or
- Code First annotations, or
- Excludes1 annotations, or
- Excludes2 annotations, or
- Includes annotations, or
- Note annotations, or
- Use Additional annotations
that may be applicable to
Y36.5:
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
Code annotations containing back-references to Y36.5:
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Type 1 Excludes: Y36.2, Y36.7, Y37.7
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code Y36.2
War operations involving other explosions and fragments
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Type 1 Excludes- war operations involving explosion of aircraft (Y36.1-)
- war operations involving explosion of marine weapons (Y36.0-)
- war operations involving explosion of nuclear weapons (Y36.5-)
- war operations involving explosion occurring after cessation of hostilities (Y36.8-)
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code Y36.7
War operations involving chemical weapons and other forms of unconventional warfare
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Type 1 Excludes- war operations involving incendiary devices (Y36.3-, Y36.5-)
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code Y37.7
Military operations involving chemical weapons and other forms of unconventional warfare
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Type 1 Excludes- military operations involving incendiary devices (Y36.3-, Y36.5-)
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To Y36.5
Y36.49 War operations involving other forms of conventional warfare
Y36.490 War operations involving other forms of conventional warfare, military personnel
Y36.491 War operations involving other forms of conventional warfare, civilian
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
Y36.501 War operations involving unspecified effect of nuclear weapon, civilian
Y36.51 War operations involving direct blast effect of nuclear weapon
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.