Y36.231
Y36.231 — War operations involving explosion of improvised explosive device [IED], civilian
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
Y36.231 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for war operations involving explosion of improvised explosive device [ied], 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
Y36.231 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 Y36.231
3 child codes. Green means billable.
- Y36.231AWar operations involving explosion of improvised explosive device [IED], civilian, initial encounter
- Y36.231DWar operations involving explosion of improvised explosive device [IED], civilian, subsequent encounter
- Y36.231SWar operations involving explosion of improvised explosive device [IED], civilian, sequela
Related codes at this level
Codes that share Y36.23. If Y36.231 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about Y36.231
- Is Y36.231 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. Y36.231 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does Y36.231 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).