Y36.5
Header — not billableWar operations involving nuclear weapons
The ICD-10 code for war operations involving nuclear weapons is Y36.5.
Y36.5 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 6 more specific codes below.
Clinical notes
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Alternate wording, synonyms, or specific conditions that fall under this code, listed to help confirm you've picked the right one.
- War operations involving dirty bomb NOS
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •This is a non-billable header code. Documentation must support a more specific child code before this diagnosis can be reported on a claim.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Child codes under Y36.5
- Y36.50War operations involving unspecified effect of nuclear weaponnon-billable header
- Y36.51War operations involving direct blast effect of nuclear weaponnon-billable header
- Y36.52War operations involving indirect blast effect of nuclear weaponnon-billable header
- Y36.53War operations involving thermal radiation effect of nuclear weaponnon-billable header
- Y36.54War operation involving nuclear radiation effects of nuclear weaponnon-billable header
- Y36.59War operation involving other effects of nuclear weaponsnon-billable header
Related codes in this category
- Y36.0War operations involving explosion of marine weaponsnon-billable header
- Y36.1War operations involving destruction of aircraftnon-billable header
- Y36.2War operations involving other explosions and fragmentsnon-billable header
- Y36.3War operations involving fires, conflagrations and hot substancesnon-billable header
- Y36.4War operations involving firearm discharge and other forms of conventional warfarenon-billable header
- Y36.6War operations involving biological weaponsnon-billable header
- Y36.7War operations involving chemical weapons and other forms of unconventional warfarenon-billable header
- Y36.8War operations occurring after cessation of hostilitiesnon-billable header
- Y36.9Other and unspecified war operationsnon-billable header
- Y36.ABlast overpressure in war operationsnon-billable header
- Y36.5War operations involving nuclear weaponsnon-billable header