Y36.240A
Y36.240A: War operations involving explosion due to accidental detonation and discharge of own munitions or munitions launch device, military personnel, initial encounter
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt
Y36.240A is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for war operations involving explosion due to accidental detonation and discharge of own munitions or munitions launch device, military personnel, initial encounter. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check Y36.240A with the rest of the claim: free scrubber7th character "A": initial encounter
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category Y36
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Y36.240A
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Written on Y36.2: War operations involving other explosions and fragments
Other codes that can never be billed with Y36.240A
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Other codes under Y36.240
- Y36.240DWar operations involving explosion due to accidental detonation and discharge of own munitions or munitions launch device, military personnel, subsequent encounter
- Y36.240SWar operations involving explosion due to accidental detonation and discharge of own munitions or munitions launch device, military personnel, sequela