Is Y71 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

No. Y71 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.

Where does Y71 sit in the tabular list?

External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99), in the block Medical devices associated with adverse incidents in diagnostic and therapeutic use (Y70-Y82).

Y71

Y71 — Cardiovascular devices associated with adverse incidents

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

Y71 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for cardiovascular devices associated with adverse incidents. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Risk adjustment

Y71 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.

Code to one of these instead Y71

5 child codes. Green means billable.

Y71.0Diagnostic and monitoring cardiovascular devices associated with adverse incidents
Y71.1Therapeutic (nonsurgical) and rehabilitative cardiovascular devices associated with adverse incidents
Y71.2Prosthetic and other implants, materials and accessory cardiovascular devices associated with adverse incidents
Y71.3Surgical instruments, materials and cardiovascular devices (including sutures) associated with adverse incidents
Y71.8Miscellaneous cardiovascular devices associated with adverse incidents, not elsewhere classified

Questions about Y71

Is Y71 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: No. Y71 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does Y71 sit in the tabular list?: External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99), in the block Medical devices associated with adverse incidents in diagnostic and therapeutic use (Y70-Y82).