Y36.520
Y36.520: War operations involving indirect blast effect of nuclear weapon, military personnel
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
Y36.520 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for war operations involving indirect blast effect of nuclear weapon, 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 Y36.520
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Other codes that can never be billed with Y36.520
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.
Code to one of these instead Y36.520
3 child codes. Green means billable.
- Y36.520AWar operations involving indirect blast effect of nuclear weapon, military personnel, initial encounter
- Y36.520DWar operations involving indirect blast effect of nuclear weapon, military personnel, subsequent encounter
- Y36.520SWar operations involving indirect blast effect of nuclear weapon, military personnel, sequela