Y37.53
Y37.53 — Military operations involving thermal radiation effect of nuclear weapon
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
Y37.53 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for military operations involving thermal radiation effect of nuclear weapon. 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
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Military operations involving direct heat from nuclear weapon
- Military operation involving fireball effects from nuclear weapon
Risk adjustment
Y37.53 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 Y37.53
2 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share Y37.5. If Y37.53 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- Y37.50Military operations involving unspecified effect of nuclear weapon
- Y37.51Military operations involving direct blast effect of nuclear weapon
- Y37.52Military operations involving indirect blast effect of nuclear weapon
- Y37.54Military operation involving nuclear radiation effects of nuclear weapon
- Y37.59Military operation involving other effects of nuclear weapons
Questions about Y37.53
- Is Y37.53 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. Y37.53 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does Y37.53 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).