ICD-10-CM code "Y37.5": Military operations involving nuclear weapons (2024)

Excludes

1. External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99)
2. Legal intervention, operations of war, military operations, and terrorism (Y35-Y38)
3. Military operations (Y37)

   Type 1military aircraft involved in aircraft accident with civilian aircraft (V97.81-)

   Type 1military 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)

   Type 1military watercraft involved in water transport accident with civilian watercraft (V94.81-)

   Type 1war operations (Y36.-)

4. Military operations involving nuclear weapons (Y37.5)

Includes

1. External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99)
2. Legal intervention, operations of war, military operations, and terrorism (Y35-Y38)
3. Military operations (Y37)

   Includesinjuries to military personnel and civilians occurring during peacetime on military property and during routine military exercises and operations

4. Military operations involving nuclear weapons (Y37.5)

Subcategories

• Military operations involving unspecified effect of nuclear weapon (Y37.50)
• Military operations involving direct blast effect of nuclear weapon (Y37.51)
• Military operations involving indirect blast effect of nuclear weapon (Y37.52)
• Military operations involving thermal radiation effect of nuclear weapon (Y37.53)
• Military operation involving nuclear radiation effects of nuclear weapon (Y37.54)
• Military operation involving other effects of nuclear weapons (Y37.59)