Y70-Y82 — Medical devices associated with adverse incidents in diagnostic and therapeutic use
ICD-10-CM codes Y70-Y82 cover medical devices associated with adverse incidents in diagnostic and therapeutic use, within external causes of morbidity. The block holds 77 codes across 13 categories, of which 63 are billable and 14 are header codes that cannot be submitted on a claim.
Excludes2 — not included here, but may coexist
The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.
- later complications following use of medical devices without breakdown or malfunctioning of device (Y83-Y84)
- misadventure to patients during surgical and medical care, classifiable to (Y62-Y69)
- surgical and other medical procedures as the cause of abnormal reaction of the patient, or of later complication, without mention of misadventure at the time of the procedure (Y83-Y84)
Includes
Conditions this code covers.
- breakdown or malfunction of medical devices (during use) (after implantation) (ongoing use)
Categories in Y70-Y82
- Y70Anesthesiology devices associated with adverse incidents
- Y71Cardiovascular devices associated with adverse incidents
- Y72Otorhinolaryngological devices associated with adverse incidents
- Y73Gastroenterology and urology devices associated with adverse incidents
- Y74General hospital and personal-use devices associated with adverse incidents
- Y75Neurological devices associated with adverse incidents
- Y76Obstetric and gynecological devices associated with adverse incidents
- Y77Ophthalmic devices associated with adverse incidents
- Y78Radiological devices associated with adverse incidents
- Y79Orthopedic devices associated with adverse incidents
- Y80Physical medicine devices associated with adverse incidents
- Y81General- and plastic-surgery devices associated with adverse incidents
- Y82Other and unspecified medical devices associated with adverse incidents