Y36.7X
Y36.7X — War operations involving chemical weapons and other forms of unconventional warfare
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
Y36.7X is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for war operations involving chemical weapons and other forms of unconventional warfare. 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
Y36.7X 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 Y36.7X
2 child codes. Green means billable.
Questions about Y36.7X
- Is Y36.7X a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. Y36.7X is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does Y36.7X 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).