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X36.0

X36.0: Collapse of dam or man-made structure causing earth movement

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

X36.0 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for collapse of dam or man-made structure causing earth movement. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below. This code also requires a 7th character before it is complete.

This code requires a 7th character

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category X36

A
initial encounter
D
subsequent encounter
S
sequela

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above X36.0

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on X36: Avalanche, landslide and other earth movements

  • earthquake (X34)

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above X36.0

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on X36: Avalanche, landslide and other earth movements

  • transport accident involving collision with avalanche or landslide not in motion (V01-V99)

Other codes that can never be billed with X36.0

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

  • X37.9Unspecified cataclysmic storm
  • X37.9XXAUnspecified cataclysmic storm, initial encounter
  • X37.9XXDUnspecified cataclysmic storm, subsequent encounter
  • X37.9XXSUnspecified cataclysmic storm, sequela
  • X38Flood
  • X38.XXXAFlood, initial encounter
  • X38.XXXDFlood, subsequent encounter
  • X38.XXXSFlood, sequela

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Collapse›dam or man-made structure(causing earth movement)
  • Flood›collapse of man-made structure causing earth movement
  • Forces of nature›dam collapse causing earth movement
  • Forces of nature›structure collapse causing earth movement
  • Landslide›caused by collapse of man-made structure
  • Forces of nature›earth movement›caused by dam or structure collapse
  • Forces of nature›flood›dam collapse

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead X36.0

3 child codes. Green means billable.

Other codes under X36

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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