Y37.4
Header — not billableMilitary operations involving firearm discharge and other forms of conventional warfare
The ICD-10 code for military operations involving firearm discharge and other forms of conventional warfare is Y37.4.
Y37.4 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 8 more specific codes below.
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 Y37.4
- Y37.41Military operations involving rubber bulletsnon-billable header
- Y37.42Military operations involving firearms pelletsnon-billable header
- Y37.43Military operations involving other firearms dischargenon-billable header
- Y37.44Military operations involving unarmed hand to hand combatnon-billable header
- Y37.45Military operations involving combat using blunt or piercing objectnon-billable header
- Y37.46Military operations involving intentional restriction of air and airwaynon-billable header
- Y37.47Military operations involving unintentional restriction of air and airwaynon-billable header
- Y37.49Military operations involving other forms of conventional warfarenon-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
- Y37.5Military operations involving nuclear weaponsnon-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
- Y37.4Military operations involving firearm discharge and other forms of conventional warfarenon-billable header