Is Y78 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

No. Y78 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.

Where does Y78 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).

Y78

Y78 — Radiological devices associated with adverse incidents

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

Y78 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for radiological devices associated with adverse incidents. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Risk adjustment

Y78 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 Y78

5 child codes. Green means billable.

Y78.0Diagnostic and monitoring radiological devices associated with adverse incidents
Y78.1Therapeutic (nonsurgical) and rehabilitative radiological devices associated with adverse incidents
Y78.2Prosthetic and other implants, materials and accessory radiological devices associated with adverse incidents
Y78.3Surgical instruments, materials and radiological devices (including sutures) associated with adverse incidents
Y78.8Miscellaneous radiological devices associated with adverse incidents, not elsewhere classified

Questions about Y78

Is Y78 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: No. Y78 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does Y78 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).