Y37.261
Y37.261 — Military operations involving fragments of improvised explosive device [IED], civilian
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
Y37.261 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for military operations involving fragments of improvised explosive device [ied], civilian. 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
Y37.261 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 Y37.261
3 child codes. Green means billable.
- Y37.261AMilitary operations involving fragments of improvised explosive device [IED], civilian, initial encounter
- Y37.261DMilitary operations involving fragments of improvised explosive device [IED], civilian, subsequent encounter
- Y37.261SMilitary operations involving fragments of improvised explosive device [IED], civilian, sequela
Related codes at this level
Codes that share Y37.26. If Y37.261 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about Y37.261
- Is Y37.261 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. Y37.261 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does Y37.261 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).