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Y36.250

Y36.250: War operations involving fragments from munitions, military personnel

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

Y36.250 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for war operations involving fragments from munitions, 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

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Y36.250

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on Y36.2: War operations involving other explosions and fragments

  • war operations involving explosion of aircraft (Y36.1-)
  • war operations involving explosion of marine weapons (Y36.0-)
  • war operations involving explosion of nuclear weapons (Y36.5-)
  • war operations involving explosion occurring after cessation of hostilities (Y36.8-)

Written on Y36: Operations of war

Other codes that can never be billed with Y36.250

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

  • W49Exposure to other inanimate mechanical forces
  • Y37Military operations

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.

Code to one of these instead Y36.250

3 child codes. Green means billable.

Other codes under Y36.25

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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