Is Y77 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

No. Y77 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.

Where does Y77 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).

Y77

Y77 — Ophthalmic devices associated with adverse incidents

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

Y77 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for ophthalmic devices associated with adverse incidents. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Risk adjustment

Y77 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 Y77

5 child codes. Green means billable.

Y77.0Diagnostic and monitoring ophthalmic devices associated with adverse incidents
Y77.1Therapeutic (nonsurgical) and rehabilitative ophthalmic devices associated with adverse incidents
Y77.2Prosthetic and other implants, materials and accessory ophthalmic devices associated with adverse incidents
Y77.3Surgical instruments, materials and ophthalmic devices (including sutures) associated with adverse incidents
Y77.8Miscellaneous ophthalmic devices associated with adverse incidents, not elsewhere classified

Questions about Y77

Is Y77 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: No. Y77 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does Y77 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).