ICD-10-CM › V00-Y99 › Y35-Y38 › Y36 Operations of war › Y36.2

Y36.2

War operations involving other explosions and fragments

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 9 more specific codes instead:

  • Y36.20 War operations involving unspecified explosion and fragments (also a header)
  • Y36.21 War operations involving explosion of aerial bomb (also a header)
  • Y36.22 War operations involving explosion of guided missile (also a header)
  • Y36.23 War operations involving explosion of improvised explosive device [IED] (also a header)
  • Y36.24 War operations involving explosion due to accidental detonation and discharge of own munitions or munitions launch device (also a header)
  • Y36.25 War operations involving fragments from munitions (also a header)
  • Y36.26 War operations involving fragments of improvised explosive device [IED] (also a header)
  • Y36.27 War operations involving fragments from weapons (also a header)
  • Y36.29 War operations involving other explosions and fragments (also a header)

This code requires a seventh character. See the rule below.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft War operations involving other explosions and fragments

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

Inherited from Y36 Operations of war

Seventh character required

  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category Y36

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • 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)

Includes

  • injuries to military personnel and civilians caused by war, civil insurrection, and peacekeeping missions

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
Y36.0 War operations involving explosion of marine weapons Not billable
Y36.1 War operations involving destruction of aircraft Not billable
Y36.3 War operations involving fires, conflagrations and hot substances Not billable
Y36.4 War operations involving firearm discharge and other forms of conventional warfare Not billable
Y36.5 War operations involving nuclear weapons Not billable
Y36.6 War operations involving biological weapons Not billable
Y36.7 War operations involving chemical weapons and other forms of unconventional warfare Not billable
Y36.8 War operations occurring after cessation of hostilities Not billable
Y36.9 Other and unspecified war operations Not billable
Y36.A Blast overpressure in war operations Not billable