Y37.260A
Y37.260A: Military operations involving fragments of improvised explosive device [IED], military personnel, initial encounter
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt
Y37.260A is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for military operations involving fragments of improvised explosive device [ied], military personnel, initial encounter. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check Y37.260A with the rest of the claim: free scrubber7th character "A": initial encounter
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category Y37
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Y37.260A
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Written on Y37.2: Military operations involving other explosions and fragments
Written on Y37: Military operations
- military aircraft involved in aircraft accident with civilian aircraft (V97.81-)
- military vehicles involved in transport accident with civilian vehicle (V09.01, V09.21, V19.81, V29.818, V39.81, V49.81, V59.81, V69.81, V79.81)
- military watercraft involved in water transport accident with civilian watercraft (V94.81-)
- war operations (Y36.-)
Other codes that can never be billed with Y37.260A
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.