Y37.3 — Military operations involving fires, conflagrations and hot substances
Not billable
Is Y37.3 billable?
No — Y37.3 is a non-billable header code. Y37.3 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 Y37.3.
Billable codes under this header
- Y37.300AMilitary operations involving unspecified fire, conflagration and hot substance, military personnel, initial encounter
- Y37.300DMilitary operations involving unspecified fire, conflagration and hot substance, military personnel, subsequent encounter
- Y37.300SMilitary operations involving unspecified fire, conflagration and hot substance, military personnel, sequela
- Y37.301AMilitary operations involving unspecified fire, conflagration and hot substance, civilian, initial encounter
- Y37.301DMilitary operations involving unspecified fire, conflagration and hot substance, civilian, subsequent encounter
- Y37.301SMilitary operations involving unspecified fire, conflagration and hot substance, civilian, sequela
- Y37.310AMilitary operations involving gasoline bomb, military personnel, initial encounter
- Y37.310DMilitary operations involving gasoline bomb, military personnel, subsequent encounter
- Y37.310SMilitary operations involving gasoline bomb, military personnel, sequela
- Y37.311AMilitary operations involving gasoline bomb, civilian, initial encounter
- Y37.311DMilitary operations involving gasoline bomb, civilian, subsequent encounter
- Y37.311SMilitary operations involving gasoline bomb, civilian, sequela
- Y37.320AMilitary operations involving incendiary bullet, military personnel, initial encounter
- Y37.320DMilitary operations involving incendiary bullet, military personnel, subsequent encounter
- Y37.320SMilitary operations involving incendiary bullet, military personnel, sequela
- Y37.321AMilitary operations involving incendiary bullet, civilian, initial encounter
- Y37.321DMilitary operations involving incendiary bullet, civilian, subsequent encounter
- Y37.321SMilitary operations involving incendiary bullet, civilian, sequela
- Y37.330AMilitary operations involving flamethrower, military personnel, initial encounter
- Y37.330DMilitary operations involving flamethrower, military personnel, subsequent encounter
- Y37.330SMilitary operations involving flamethrower, military personnel, sequela
- Y37.331AMilitary operations involving flamethrower, civilian, initial encounter
- Y37.331DMilitary operations involving flamethrower, civilian, subsequent encounter
- Y37.331SMilitary operations involving flamethrower, civilian, sequela
- Y37.390AMilitary operations involving other fires, conflagrations and hot substances, military personnel, initial encounter
- Y37.390DMilitary operations involving other fires, conflagrations and hot substances, military personnel, subsequent encounter
- Y37.390SMilitary operations involving other fires, conflagrations and hot substances, military personnel, sequela
- Y37.391AMilitary operations involving other fires, conflagrations and hot substances, civilian, initial encounter
- Y37.391DMilitary operations involving other fires, conflagrations and hot substances, civilian, subsequent encounter
- Y37.391SMilitary operations involving other fires, conflagrations and hot substances, civilian, sequela
Y37.3 at a glance
| Code | Y37.3 |
|---|---|
| Description | Military 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 Y37.3 on the same claim. An Excludes1 note means the two conditions cannot occur in the same patient, so reporting both is a coding error.
- military operations involving fires and conflagrations aboard military aircraft (Y37.1-)
- military operations involving fires and conflagrations aboard military watercraft (Y37.0-)
- military operations involving fires and conflagrations caused indirectly by conventional weapons (Y37.2-)
- military operations involving fires and thermal effects of nuclear weapons (Y36.53-)
Inclusion terms
Alternative wording in documentation that is classified to Y37.3.
- Military operations involving smoke, fumes, and heat from fires, conflagrations and hot substances
Excludes1 — never code together — inherited from Y37
The conditions below can never be reported together with Y37.3 on the same claim. An Excludes1 note means the two conditions cannot occur in the same patient, so reporting both is a coding error.
- military aircraft involved in aircraft accident with civilian aircraft (V97.81-)
- 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)
- military watercraft involved in water transport accident with civilian watercraft (V94.81-)
- war operations (Y36.-)
What codes fall under Y37.3? (5)
- Y37.30Military operations involving unspecified fire, conflagration and hot substancenot billable
- Y37.31Military operations involving gasoline bombnot billable
- Y37.32Military operations involving incendiary bulletnot billable
- Y37.33Military operations involving flamethrowernot billable
- Y37.39Military operations involving other fires, conflagrations and hot substancesnot billable
How long has Y37.3 existed?
Y37.3 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 Y37 family? (9)
- Y37.0Military operations involving explosion of marine weaponsnot billable
- Y37.1Military operations involving destruction of aircraftnot billable
- Y37.2Military operations involving other explosions and fragmentsnot billable
- Y37.4Military operations involving firearm discharge and other forms of conventional warfarenot billable
- Y37.5Military operations involving nuclear weaponsnot billable
- Y37.6Military operations involving biological weaponsnot billable
- Y37.7Military operations involving chemical weapons and other forms of unconventional warfarenot billable
- Y37.9Other and unspecified military operationsnot billable
- Y37.ABlast overpressure in military operationsnot billable