Legal intervention, operations of war, military operations, and terrorism (Y35-Y38)
Y36: Operations of war

includes
injuries to military personnel and civilians caused by war, civil insurrection, and peacekeeping missions

excludes1
injury to military personnel occurring during peacetime military operations (Y37.-)
military vehicles involved in transport accidents with non-military vehicle during peacetime (V09.01, V09.21, V19.81, V29.81, V39.81, V49.81, V59.81, V69.81, V79.81)

sevenChrNote
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category Y36

sevenChrDef
A: initial encounter
D: subsequent encounter
S: sequela
Y36.0: War operations involving explosion of marine weapons
Y36.1: War operations involving destruction of aircraft
Y36.2: War operations involving other explosions and fragments
Y36.3: War operations involving fires, conflagrations and hot substances
Y36.4: War operations involving firearm discharge and other forms of conventional warfare
Y36.5: War operations involving nuclear weapons
Y36.6: War operations involving biological weapons
Y36.7: War operations involving chemical weapons and other forms of unconventional warfare
Y36.8: War operations occurring after cessation of hostilities
Y36.9: Other and unspecified war operations

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