Is Y36.230 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

No. Y36.230 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.

Where does Y36.230 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).

Y36.230

Y36.230 — War operations involving explosion of improvised explosive device [IED], military personnel

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

Y36.230 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for war operations involving explosion of improvised explosive device [ied], military personnel. 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

Y36.230 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 Y36.230

3 child codes. Green means billable.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share Y36.23. If Y36.230 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Y36.231War operations involving explosion of improvised explosive device [IED], civilian

Questions about Y36.230

Is Y36.230 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: No. Y36.230 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does Y36.230 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).