Y36
Operations of war
7th Character Required
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category Y36
A - initial encounter
D - subsequent encounter
S - sequela
Coding Guidelines
Includes
- injuries to military personnel and civilians caused by war, civil insurrection, and peacekeeping missions
Excludes1 (Mutually Exclusive)
These codes should never be used together with Y36
- injury to military personnel occurring during peacetime military operations (Y37.-)
- military vehicles involved in transport accidents with non-military vehicle during peacetime (V09.01, V09.21, V19.81, V29.818, V39.81, V49.81, V59.81, V69.81, V79.81)
Specific Codes (11)
War operations involving explosion of marine weapons
War operations involving destruction of aircraft
War operations involving other explosions and fragments
War operations involving fires, conflagrations and hot substances
War operations involving firearm discharge and other forms of conventional warfare
War operations involving nuclear weapons
War operations involving biological weapons
War operations involving chemical weapons and other forms of unconventional warfare
War operations occurring after cessation of hostilities
Other and unspecified war operations
Blast overpressure in war operations
