Y36.8
Header — not billableWar operations occurring after cessation of hostilities
The ICD-10 code for war operations occurring after cessation of hostilities is Y36.8.
Y36.8 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 4 more specific codes below.
Clinical notes
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 Y36.8
- Y36.81Explosion of mine placed during war operations but exploding after cessation of hostilitiesnon-billable header
- Y36.82Explosion of bomb placed during war operations but exploding after cessation of hostilitiesnon-billable header
- Y36.88Other war operations occurring after cessation of hostilitiesnon-billable header
- Y36.89Unspecified war operations occurring after cessation of hostilitiesnon-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
- Y36.5War operations involving nuclear weaponsnon-billable header
- Y36.6War operations involving biological weaponsnon-billable header
- Y36.7War operations involving chemical weapons and other forms of unconventional warfarenon-billable header
- Y36.9Other and unspecified war operationsnon-billable header
- Y36.ABlast overpressure in war operationsnon-billable header
- Y36.8War operations occurring after cessation of hostilitiesnon-billable header