ICD-10-CM › V00-Y99 › Y35-Y38 › Y37.491 Military operations involving... › Y37.491A
Military operations involving other forms of conventional warfare, civilian, initial encounter
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
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.
- FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Military operations involving other forms of conventional warfare, military personnel injured due to enemy fire, initial encounter
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FY2010
Draft description revised draft
Military operations involving other forms of conventional warfare, military personnel injured due to enemy fire, initial encounterMilitary operations involving other forms of conventional warfare, 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 Y37 Military operations
Seventh character required
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category Y37
Excludes1 - never coded here
- military aircraft involved in aircraft accident with civilian aircraft (V97.81-)
- military vehicles involved in transport accident with civilian vehicle (V09.01, V09.21, V19.81, V29.818, V39.81, V49.81, V59.81, V69.81, V79.81)
- military watercraft involved in water transport accident with civilian watercraft (V94.81-)
- war operations (Y36.-)
Includes
- injuries to military personnel and civilians occurring during peacetime on military property and during routine military exercises and operations
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.
- Military operations > suffocation
- Military operations > asphyxiation
- Military operations > airway restriction
- Military operations > conventional warfare NEC
- Military operations > warfare > conventional NEC
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Y37.491D | Military operations involving other forms of conventional warfare, civilian, subsequent encounter | Valid |
| Y37.491S | Military operations involving other forms of conventional warfare, civilian, sequela | Valid |