Y36.470A
Y36.470A — War operations involving unintentional restriction of air and airway, military personnel, initial encounter
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt
Y36.470A is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for war operations involving unintentional restriction of air and airway, military personnel, initial encounter. It is valid for submission on a claim.
7th 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
Risk adjustment
Y36.470A 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.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share Y36.470. If Y36.470A is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about Y36.470A
- Is Y36.470A a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. Y36.470A is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does Y36.470A 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).