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Y36.5 War operations involving nuclear weapons

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Y36.5 is the ICD-10 code for War operations involving nuclear weapons. It is a four-character subcategory of Y36 (Operations of war), the most specific level in the WHO edition. It belongs to the block Y35–Y36 (Legal intervention and operations of war) in Chapter XX, External causes of morbidity and mortality.

Code type
Subcategory (4 characters)
Chapter
XX · V01–Y98
Classification
WHO ICD-10, 2019 version

What Y36.5 includes

Conditions and terms that are coded here.

  • Blast effects
  • Exposure to ionizing radiation from nuclear weapon
  • Fireball effects
  • Heat
  • Other direct and secondary effects of nuclear weapons

Y36.5 in national editions

Countries report with their own edition of ICD-10. Most keep the WHO code and add more specific codes beneath it.

SwedenICD-10-SE

Y36.5Krigshandling med kärnvapen

FranceICD-10-FR

Y36.5Faits de guerre impliquant des armes nucléaires

NetherlandsICD-10-NL

Y36.5oorlogshandelingen met kernwapens

United StatesICD-10-CM

Listed through more specific codes:

  • Y36.500AWar operations involving unspecified effect of nuclear weapon, military personnel, initial encounter
  • Y36.500DWar operations involving unspecified effect of nuclear weapon, military personnel, subsequent encounter
  • Y36.500SWar operations involving unspecified effect of nuclear weapon, military personnel, sequela
  • Y36.501AWar operations involving unspecified effect of nuclear weapon, civilian, initial encounter
  • Y36.501DWar operations involving unspecified effect of nuclear weapon, civilian, subsequent encounter
  • Y36.501SWar operations involving unspecified effect of nuclear weapon, civilian, sequela
  • Y36.510AWar operations involving direct blast effect of nuclear weapon, military personnel, initial encounter
  • Y36.510DWar operations involving direct blast effect of nuclear weapon, military personnel, subsequent encounter
  • and 28 more national subcodes

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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