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Y36.321A

War operations involving incendiary bullet, civilian, initial encounter

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2007 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. FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Fire due to fire-producing device during war operations, military personnel injured due to enemy fire, initial encounter
  2. FY2010 Draft description revised draft Fire due to fire-producing device during war operations, military personnel injured due to enemy fire, initial encounter War operations involving incendiary bullet, civilian, initial encounter

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

How CDC's index refers to this code

Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.

Showing 40 of 50 index phrases.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
Y36.321D War operations involving incendiary bullet, civilian, subsequent encounter Valid
Y36.321S War operations involving incendiary bullet, civilian, sequela Valid