Y37 — Military operations
Part of Chapter 20: External causes of morbidity , block Legal intervention, operations of war, military operations, and terrorism (Y35-Y38) .
Official Notes
Includes
injuries to military personnel and civilians occurring during peacetime on military property and during routine military exercises and operations
Excludes1
military aircraft involved in aircraft accident with civilian aircraft ( V97.81- )
Excludes1
military vehicles involved in transport accident with civilian vehicle ( V09.01 , V09.21 , V19.81 , V29.818 , V39.81 , V49.81 , V59.81 , V69.81 , V79.81 )
Excludes1
military watercraft involved in water transport accident with civilian watercraft ( V94.81- )
Excludes1
war operations ( Y36 .-)
7th Character
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category Y37
7th Character
A - initial encounter
7th Character
D - subsequent encounter
7th Character
S - sequela
Child Codes
- Y37.0 Military operations involving explosion of marine weapons Has subcodes
- Y37.1 Military operations involving destruction of aircraft Has subcodes
- Y37.2 Military operations involving other explosions and fragments Has subcodes
- Y37.3 Military operations involving fires, conflagrations and hot substances Has subcodes
- Y37.4 Military operations involving firearm discharge and other forms of conventional warfare Has subcodes
- Y37.5 Military operations involving nuclear weapons Has subcodes
- Y37.6 Military operations involving biological weapons Has subcodes
- Y37.7 Military operations involving chemical weapons and other forms of unconventional warfare Has subcodes
- Y37.9 Other and unspecified military operations Has subcodes
- Y37.A Blast overpressure in military operations Has subcodes
Referenced By
Official notes on these codes cite Y37.
- V91 Other injury due to accident to watercraft
- V92 Drowning and submersion due to accident on board watercraft, without accident to watercraft
- V93 Other injury due to accident on board watercraft, without accident to watercraft
- V94 Other and unspecified water transport accidents
- W49 Exposure to other inanimate mechanical forces
- Y36 Operations of war
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