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Y36.5 - War operations involving nuclear weapons


The ICD 10 Code for War operations involving nuclear weapons is listed as Y36.5.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 9 crosswalks / GEMS, chapter information, and DRGs where available.

ICD 10 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: Y36.5
Description: War operations involving nuclear weapons
  • War operations involving dirty bomb NOS
Chapter External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99)
Block Legal intervention, operations of war, military operations, and terrorism (Y35-Y38)
Parent Y36 - Operations of war
ICD-10-CM Children (deeper level / typically more specific) of Y36.5:
Y36.50 - War operations involving unspecified effect of nuclear weapon
Y36.51 - War operations involving direct blast effect of nuclear weapon
Y36.52 - War operations involving indirect blast effect of nuclear weapon
Y36.53 - War operations involving thermal radiation effect of nuclear weapon
Y36.54 - War operation involving nuclear radiation effects of nuclear weapon
Y36.59 - War operation involving other effects of nuclear weapons
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of Y36.5:
Y36.0 - War operations involving explosion of marine weapons
Y36.1 - War operations involving destruction of aircraft
Y36.2 - War operations involving other explosions and fragments
Y36.3 - War operations involving fires, conflagrations and hot substances
Y36.4 - War operations involving firearm discharge and other forms of conventional warfare
Y36.6 - War operations involving biological weapons
Y36.7 - War operations involving chemical weapons and other forms of unconventional warfare
Y36.8 - War operations occurring after cessation of hostilities
Y36.9 - Other and unspecified war operations