Is Y79 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

No. Y79 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.

Where does Y79 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).

Y79

Y79 — Orthopedic devices associated with adverse incidents

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

Y79 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for orthopedic devices associated with adverse incidents. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Risk adjustment

Y79 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 Y79

5 child codes. Green means billable.

Y79.0Diagnostic and monitoring orthopedic devices associated with adverse incidents
Y79.1Therapeutic (nonsurgical) and rehabilitative orthopedic devices associated with adverse incidents
Y79.2Prosthetic and other implants, materials and accessory orthopedic devices associated with adverse incidents
Y79.3Surgical instruments, materials and orthopedic devices (including sutures) associated with adverse incidents
Y79.8Miscellaneous orthopedic devices associated with adverse incidents, not elsewhere classified

Questions about Y79

Is Y79 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: No. Y79 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does Y79 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).