Is Y37.260 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

No. Y37.260 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.

Where does Y37.260 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).

Y37.260

Y37.260 — Military operations involving fragments of improvised explosive device [IED], military personnel

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

Y37.260 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for military operations involving fragments of improvised explosive device [ied], 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 Y37

A: initial encounter
D: subsequent encounter
S: sequela

Risk adjustment

Y37.260 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 Y37.260

3 child codes. Green means billable.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share Y37.26. If Y37.260 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Y37.261Military operations involving fragments of improvised explosive device [IED], civilian

Questions about Y37.260

Is Y37.260 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: No. Y37.260 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does Y37.260 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).