Y36.3 — War operations involving fires, conflagrations and hot substances
Not billable
Is Y36.3 billable?
No — Y36.3 is a non-billable header code. Y36.3 groups more specific codes and cannot be submitted on a claim. A valid ICD-10-CM code must be reported at the highest level of specificity available in its branch. Select one of the 30 billable codes beneath Y36.3.
Billable codes under this header
- Y36.300AWar operations involving unspecified fire, conflagration and hot substance, military personnel, initial encounter
- Y36.300DWar operations involving unspecified fire, conflagration and hot substance, military personnel, subsequent encounter
- Y36.300SWar operations involving unspecified fire, conflagration and hot substance, military personnel, sequela
- Y36.301AWar operations involving unspecified fire, conflagration and hot substance, civilian, initial encounter
- Y36.301DWar operations involving unspecified fire, conflagration and hot substance, civilian, subsequent encounter
- Y36.301SWar operations involving unspecified fire, conflagration and hot substance, civilian, sequela
- Y36.310AWar operations involving gasoline bomb, military personnel, initial encounter
- Y36.310DWar operations involving gasoline bomb, military personnel, subsequent encounter
- Y36.310SWar operations involving gasoline bomb, military personnel, sequela
- Y36.311AWar operations involving gasoline bomb, civilian, initial encounter
- Y36.311DWar operations involving gasoline bomb, civilian, subsequent encounter
- Y36.311SWar operations involving gasoline bomb, civilian, sequela
- Y36.320AWar operations involving incendiary bullet, military personnel, initial encounter
- Y36.320DWar operations involving incendiary bullet, military personnel, subsequent encounter
- Y36.320SWar operations involving incendiary bullet, military personnel, sequela
- Y36.321AWar operations involving incendiary bullet, civilian, initial encounter
- Y36.321DWar operations involving incendiary bullet, civilian, subsequent encounter
- Y36.321SWar operations involving incendiary bullet, civilian, sequela
- Y36.330AWar operations involving flamethrower, military personnel, initial encounter
- Y36.330DWar operations involving flamethrower, military personnel, subsequent encounter
- Y36.330SWar operations involving flamethrower, military personnel, sequela
- Y36.331AWar operations involving flamethrower, civilian, initial encounter
- Y36.331DWar operations involving flamethrower, civilian, subsequent encounter
- Y36.331SWar operations involving flamethrower, civilian, sequela
- Y36.390AWar operations involving other fires, conflagrations and hot substances, military personnel, initial encounter
- Y36.390DWar operations involving other fires, conflagrations and hot substances, military personnel, subsequent encounter
- Y36.390SWar operations involving other fires, conflagrations and hot substances, military personnel, sequela
- Y36.391AWar operations involving other fires, conflagrations and hot substances, civilian, initial encounter
- Y36.391DWar operations involving other fires, conflagrations and hot substances, civilian, subsequent encounter
- Y36.391SWar operations involving other fires, conflagrations and hot substances, civilian, sequela
Y36.3 at a glance
| Code | Y36.3 |
|---|---|
| Description | War operations involving fires, conflagrations and hot substances |
| Billable | No — header code |
| Code set | ICD-10-CM FY2027 |
| Valid for encounters | October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027 |
Excludes1 — never code together
The conditions below can never be reported together with Y36.3 on the same claim. An Excludes1 note means the two conditions cannot occur in the same patient, so reporting both is a coding error.
- war operations involving fires and conflagrations aboard military aircraft (Y36.1-)
- war operations involving fires and conflagrations aboard military watercraft (Y36.0-)
- war operations involving fires and conflagrations caused indirectly by conventional weapons (Y36.2-)
- war operations involving fires and thermal effects of nuclear weapons (Y36.53-)
Inclusion terms
Alternative wording in documentation that is classified to Y36.3.
- War operations involving smoke, fumes, and heat from fires, conflagrations and hot substances
Excludes1 — never code together — inherited from Y36
The conditions below can never be reported together with Y36.3 on the same claim. An Excludes1 note means the two conditions cannot occur in the same patient, so reporting both is a coding error.
What codes fall under Y36.3? (5)
- Y36.30War operations involving unspecified fire, conflagration and hot substancenot billable
- Y36.31War operations involving gasoline bombnot billable
- Y36.32War operations involving incendiary bulletnot billable
- Y36.33War operations involving flamethrowernot billable
- Y36.39War operations involving other fires, conflagrations and hot substancesnot billable
How long has Y36.3 existed?
Y36.3 has been in ICD-10-CM since at least FY2016, the earliest fiscal year on record here.
Derived from the official order files for FY2016–FY2026. FY2017 and FY2020 publish no order file, so those years are not covered.
What other codes are in the Y36 family? (10)
- Y36.0War operations involving explosion of marine weaponsnot billable
- Y36.1War operations involving destruction of aircraftnot billable
- Y36.2War operations involving other explosions and fragmentsnot billable
- Y36.4War operations involving firearm discharge and other forms of conventional warfarenot billable
- Y36.5War operations involving nuclear weaponsnot billable
- Y36.6War operations involving biological weaponsnot billable
- Y36.7War operations involving chemical weapons and other forms of unconventional warfarenot billable
- Y36.8War operations occurring after cessation of hostilitiesnot billable
- Y36.9Other and unspecified war operationsnot billable
- Y36.ABlast overpressure in war operationsnot billable