Is Y77.19 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. Y77.19 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does Y77.19 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).

Y77.19

Y77.19 — Other therapeutic (nonsurgical) and rehabilitative ophthalmic devices associated with adverse incidents

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

Y77.19 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other therapeutic (nonsurgical) and rehabilitative ophthalmic devices associated with adverse incidents. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Risk adjustment

Y77.19 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.

How Y77.19 is indexed

Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to Y77.19.

Incident, adverse›device›ophthalmic›rehabilitative
Incident, adverse›device›ophthalmic›therapeutic

Related codes at this level

Codes that share Y77.1. If Y77.19 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Y77.11Contact lens associated with adverse incidents

Questions about Y77.19

Is Y77.19 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. Y77.19 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does Y77.19 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).