Y37.43
Header — not billableMilitary operations involving other firearms discharge
The ICD-10 code for military operations involving other firearms discharge is Y37.43.
Y37.43 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 2 more specific codes below.
Clinical notes
Excludes1 (not coded here)
An Excludes1 note is a pure exclusion: the excluded condition and this code should never be reported together, because the two conditions cannot occur at the same time (e.g. a congenital form vs. an acquired form of the same disease).
Also known as
Alternate wording, synonyms, or specific conditions that fall under this code, listed to help confirm you've picked the right one.
- Military operations involving bullets 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.
- •Confirm the excluded condition(s) listed above are not also present — Excludes1 conditions cannot be coded together with this one.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Related codes in this category
- Y37.41Military operations involving rubber bulletsnon-billable header
- Y37.42Military operations involving firearms pelletsnon-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
- Y37.43Military operations involving other firearms dischargenon-billable header