Y37.5
Header — not billableMilitary operations involving nuclear weapons
The ICD-10 code for military operations involving nuclear weapons is Y37.5.
Y37.5 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.
- Military operation 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 Y37.5
- Y37.50Military operations involving unspecified effect of nuclear weaponnon-billable header
- Y37.51Military operations involving direct blast effect of nuclear weaponnon-billable header
- Y37.52Military operations involving indirect blast effect of nuclear weaponnon-billable header
- Y37.53Military operations involving thermal radiation effect of nuclear weaponnon-billable header
- Y37.54Military operation involving nuclear radiation effects of nuclear weaponnon-billable header
- Y37.59Military operation involving other effects of nuclear weaponsnon-billable header
Related codes in this category
- Y37.0Military operations involving explosion of marine weaponsnon-billable header
- Y37.1Military operations involving destruction of aircraftnon-billable header
- Y37.2Military operations involving other explosions and fragmentsnon-billable header
- Y37.3Military operations involving fires, conflagrations and hot substancesnon-billable header
- Y37.4Military operations involving firearm discharge and other forms of conventional warfarenon-billable header
- Y37.6Military operations involving biological weaponsnon-billable header
- Y37.7Military operations involving chemical weapons and other forms of unconventional warfarenon-billable header
- Y37.9Other and unspecified military operationsnon-billable header
- Y37.ABlast overpressure in military operationsnon-billable header
- Y37.5Military operations involving nuclear weaponsnon-billable header