Y37.44
Header — not billableMilitary operations involving unarmed hand to hand combat
The ICD-10 code for military operations involving unarmed hand to hand combat is Y37.44.
Y37.44 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).
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
- Y37.43Military operations involving other firearms dischargenon-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
- Y37.44Military operations involving unarmed hand to hand combatnon-billable header