Y36 is the ICD-10 code for Operations of war. It is a three-character category divided into 10 subcodes; use the subcode whenever the record supports that level of detail. It belongs to the block Y35–Y36 (Legal intervention and operations of war) in Chapter XX, External causes of morbidity and mortality.
- Code type
- Category (3 characters)
- Chapter
- XX · V01–Y98
- Classification
- WHO ICD-10, 2019 version
What Y36 includes
Conditions and terms that are coded here.
- injuries to military personnel and civilians caused by war and civil insurrection
Coding notes
- Injuries due to operations of war occurring after cessation of hostilities are classified to Y36.8.
Subcodes of Y36
- Y36.0War operations involving explosion of marine weapons
- Y36.1War operations involving destruction of aircraft
- Y36.2War operations involving other explosions and fragments
- Y36.3War operations involving fires, conflagrations and hot substances
- Y36.4War operations involving firearm discharge and other forms of conventional warfare
- Y36.5War operations involving nuclear weapons
- Y36.6War operations involving biological weapons
- Y36.7War operations involving chemical weapons and other forms of unconventional warfare
- Y36.8War operations occurring after cessation of hostilities
- Y36.9War operations, unspecified
Y36 in national editions
Countries report with their own edition of ICD-10. Most keep the WHO code and add more specific codes beneath it.
Y36Sotatoimien aiheuttamat vammat
Y36Verletzungen durch Kriegshandlungen
Y36Faits de guerre
Y36oorlogshandelingen
Listed through more specific codes:
- Y36.A1XALow level blast overpressure in war operations, initial encounter
- Y36.A1XDLow level blast overpressure in war operations, subsequent encounter
- Y36.A1XSLow level blast overpressure in war operations, sequela
- Y36.A2XAHigh level blast overpressure in war operations, initial encounter
- Y36.A2XDHigh level blast overpressure in war operations, subsequent encounter
- Y36.A2XSHigh level blast overpressure in war operations, sequela
Based on the World Health Organization’s International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th revision (ICD-10), 2019 version, and the national editions published by each country’s health authority. This page is a reference, not coding advice; follow your national coding rules when you report.
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