ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code (2025)
Official Description for Y37
Military operations
Coding Notes & Guidelines for Y37
injuries to military personnel and civilians occurring during peacetime on military property and during routine military exercises and 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.-)
- military operations involving explosion of aircraft (Y37.1-)
- military operations involving explosion of marine weapons (Y37.0-)
- military operations involving explosion of nuclear weapons (Y37.5-)
- military operations involving fires and conflagrations aboard military aircraft (Y37.1-)
- military operations involving fires and conflagrations aboard military watercraft (Y37.0-)
- military operations involving fires and conflagrations caused indirectly by conventional weapons (Y37.2-)
- military operations involving fires and thermal effects of nuclear weapons (Y36.53-)
- military operations involving munitions fragments (Y37.25-)
- military operations involving incendiary bullets (Y37.32-)
- military operations involving combat using blunt or piercing object (Y37.45-)
- military operations involving intentional restriction of air and airway (Y37.46-)
- military operations involving unintentional restriction of air and airway (Y37.47-)
military operations involving incendiary devices (Y36.3-, Y36.5-)
Military operations involving underwater blast NOS
Military operations involving explosion of marine mine, at sea or in harbor
- Military operations involving destruction of aircraft due to air to air missile
- Military operations involving destruction of aircraft due to explosive placed on aircraft
- Military operations involving destruction of aircraft due to rocket propelled grenade [RPG]
- Military operations involving destruction of aircraft due to small arms fire
- Military operations involving destruction of aircraft due to surface to air missile
- Military operations involving air blast NOS
- Military operations involving blast NOS
- Military operations involving blast fragments NOS
- Military operations involving blast wave NOS
- Military operations involving blast wind NOS
- Military operations involving explosion NOS
- Military operations involving explosion of bomb NOS
- Military operations involving explosion of person-borne improvised explosive device [IED]
- Military operations involving explosion of vehicle-borne improvised explosive device [IED]
- Military operations involving explosion of roadside improvised explosive device [IED]
- Military operations involving fragments of person-borne improvised explosive device [IED]
- Military operations involving fragments of vehicle-borne improvised explosive device [IED]
- Military operations involving fragments of roadside improvised explosive device [IED]
- Military operations involving explosion of grenade
- Military operations involving explosions of land mine
- Military operations involving shrapnel NOS
Military operations involving smoke, fumes, and heat from fires, conflagrations and hot substances
- Military operations involving incendiary bomb
- Military operations involving petrol bomb
Military operations involving bullets NOS
Military operation involving dirty bomb NOS
Military operations involving blast pressure of nuclear weapon
- Military operations involving being thrown by blast of nuclear weapon
- Military operations involving being struck or crushed by blast debris of nuclear weapon
- Military operations involving direct heat from nuclear weapon
- Military operation involving fireball effects from nuclear weapon
- Military operation involving acute radiation exposure from nuclear weapon
- Military operation involving exposure to immediate ionizing radiation from nuclear weapon
- Military operation involving fallout exposure from nuclear weapon
- Military operation involving secondary effects of nuclear weapons
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category Y37
- A: initial encounter
- D: subsequent encounter
- S: sequela
Child Codes (More Specific Codes for Y37):
About ICD-10-CM Code Y37 (Military operations)
ICD-10-CM code Y37 is a billable or specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. The 2025 edition of ICD-10-CM Y37 became effective on October 1, 2024.
This page provides detailed information about Y37 - Military operations. It includes common terminology, coding guidelines such as "Includes," "Excludes1," and "Excludes2" notes, and information on required 7th characters. Utilizing this information correctly is essential for accurate medical coding and claims submission for conditions like Military operations.