Military operations
Requires 7th character
Y37 requires a 7th character to be reported. Choose a complete code below.
Inclusion terms
Includes
- injuries to military personnel and civilians occurring during peacetime on military property and during routine military exercises and operations
- Note: This chapter permits the classification of environmental events and circumstances as the cause of injury, and other adverse effects. Where a code from this section is applicable, it is intended that it shall be used secondary to a code from another chapter of the Classification indicating the nature of the condition. Most often, the condition will be classifiable to Chapter 19, Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88). Other conditions that may be stated to be due to external causes are classified in Chapters I to XVIII. For these conditions, codes from Chapter 20 should be used to provide additional information as to the cause of the condition.
Excludes1
Not coded here — never report together with this code.
- 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.-)
7th character
This code requires a 7th character. Use the placeholder "X" for missing positions.
| Character | Meaning |
|---|---|
| A | initial encounter |
| D | subsequent encounter |
| S | sequela |
More specific codes Y37
- Y37.0Military operations involving explosion of marine weaponsNeeds 7th char
- Y37.1Military operations involving destruction of aircraftNeeds 7th char
- Y37.2Military operations involving other explosions and fragmentsNeeds 7th char
- Y37.3Military operations involving fires, conflagrations and hot substancesNeeds 7th char
- Y37.4Military operations involving firearm discharge and other forms of conventional warfareNeeds 7th char
- Y37.5Military operations involving nuclear weaponsNeeds 7th char
- Y37.6Military operations involving biological weaponsNeeds 7th char
- Y37.7Military operations involving chemical weapons and other forms of unconventional warfareNeeds 7th char
- Y37.9Other and unspecified military operationsNeeds 7th char
- Y37.ABlast overpressure in military operationsNeeds 7th char