Y36.121
Y36.121 — War operations involving destruction of aircraft due to collision with other aircraft, civilian
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
Y36.121 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for war operations involving destruction of aircraft due to collision with other aircraft, civilian. 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 Y36
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Risk adjustment
Y36.121 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead Y36.121
3 child codes. Green means billable.
- Y36.121AWar operations involving destruction of aircraft due to collision with other aircraft, civilian, initial encounter
- Y36.121DWar operations involving destruction of aircraft due to collision with other aircraft, civilian, subsequent encounter
- Y36.121SWar operations involving destruction of aircraft due to collision with other aircraft, civilian, sequela
Related codes at this level
Codes that share Y36.12. If Y36.121 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about Y36.121
- Is Y36.121 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. Y36.121 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does Y36.121 sit in the tabular list?
- External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99), in the block Legal intervention, operations of war, military operations, and terrorism (Y35-Y38).