Military operations involving thermal radiation effect of nuclear weapon

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 2 more specific codes instead:

Y37.530 Military operations involving thermal radiation effect of nuclear weapon, military personnel (also a header)
Y37.531 Military operations involving thermal radiation effect of nuclear weapon, civilian (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.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Military operations involving thermal radiation effect of nuclear weapon

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 > nuclear weapon > fireball
Military operations > nuclear weapon > direct heat
Military operations > weapons > nuclear > fireball
Military operations > weapons > nuclear > direct heat
Military operations > nuclear weapon > thermal radiation
Military operations > nuclear weapon > radiation > thermal
Military operations > weapons > nuclear > radiation > thermal

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
Y37.50	Military operations involving unspecified effect of nuclear weapon	Not billable
Y37.51	Military operations involving direct blast effect of nuclear weapon	Not billable
Y37.52	Military operations involving indirect blast effect of nuclear weapon	Not billable
Y37.54	Military operation involving nuclear radiation effects of nuclear weapon	Not billable
Y37.59	Military operation involving other effects of nuclear weapons	Not billable