ICD-10-CM 2027 diagnosis code
Y37.32Military operations involving incendiary bullet
Y37.32 is a header code, so it can't be reported by itself. Choose one of the 2 more specific codes beneath it and add the required 7th character.
Code unchanged since ICD-10-CM took effect on October 1, 2015. Source: official FY2027 ICD-10-CM release from CDC/NCHS and CMS. Page updated September 29, 2026. About our data
About Y37.32
Y37.32 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for military operations involving incendiary bullet. It belongs to category Y37 (military operations), block Y35-Y38 (legal intervention, operations of war, military operations, and terrorism) and chapter 20 (external causes of morbidity). It is a header code, so it can't be reported by itself; one of its 2 subcodes must be used instead.
Within Y37.3 (military operations involving fires, conflagrations and hot substances), Y37.32 is specifically for military operations involving incendiary bullet. Related codes cover unspecified fire, conflagration and hot substance (Y37.30), gasoline bomb (Y37.31), flamethrower (Y37.33) and other fires, conflagrations and hot substances (Y37.39).
Codes in this range require a 7th character: A for initial encounter, D for subsequent encounter and S for sequela. Use placeholder "X" characters to fill any empty positions before the 7th character.
It has been part of ICD-10-CM since the code set took effect on October 1, 2015 and hasn't changed since.
7th character
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category Y37
- Y37.320Military operations involving incendiary bullet, military personnel
- Y37.321Military operations involving incendiary bullet, civilian
- Ainitial encounter
- Dsubsequent encounter
- Ssequela
Notes that apply from higher levels
Instructions written at a parent level also apply to Y37.32.
› From Y37.3 Military operations involving fires, conflagrations and hot substances
- military operations involving fires and conflagrations aboard military aircraft (Y37.1-)
- military operations involving fires and conflagrations aboard military watercraft (Y37.0-)
- military operations involving fires and conflagrations caused indirectly by conventional weapons (Y37.2-)
- military operations involving fires and thermal effects of nuclear weapons (Y36.53-)
› From Y37 Military operations
- injuries to military personnel and civilians occurring during peacetime on military property and during routine military exercises and operations
- 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.-)
Broader instructions also apply from Chapter 20: External causes of morbidity.
Alphabetic index entries
2 entriesTerms in the official ICD-10-CM index that lead to Y37.32.
- Military operations (injuries to military and civilians occuring during peacetime on military property and during routine military exercises and operations) (by) (from) (involving) › bullet › incendiary
- Military operations (injuries to military and civilians occuring during peacetime on military property and during routine military exercises and operations) (by) (from) (involving) › incendiary bullet
Codes whose notes reference Y37.32
- Y37.43Excludes1
Code history
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- FY2016 (effective 10/1/2015): Added (first year of ICD-10-CM)
- No changes since FY2016.
Common questions about Y37.32
Is Y37.32 billable?
- No. Y37.32 is a header code. Report one of its more specific subcodes instead.