Y70-Y82
Medical devices associated with adverse incidents in diagnostic and therapeutic use
Medical devices associated with adverse incidents in diagnostic and therapeutic use (Y70-Y82) is a block within ICD-10-CM Chapter 20: External causes of morbidity. It holds 13 categories.
Includes
- breakdown or malfunction of medical devices (during use) (after implantation) (ongoing use)
Excludes2
Not included here. The condition is not part of this code, but a patient may have both, and both codes may be reported together.
- later complications following use of medical devices without breakdown or malfunctioning of device (Y83-Y84)
- misadventure to patients during surgical and medical care, classifiable to (Y62-Y69)
- surgical and other medical procedures as the cause of abnormal reaction of the patient, or of later complication, without mention of misadventure at the time of the procedure (Y83-Y84)
Categories in Y70-Y82
- Y70Anesthesiology devices associated with adverse incidentscategory
- Y71Cardiovascular devices associated with adverse incidentscategory
- Y72Otorhinolaryngological devices assoc w incdtcategory
- Y73Gastroenterology and urology devices assoc w incdtcategory
- Y74General hospital and personal-use devices assoc w incdtcategory
- Y75Neurological devices associated with adverse incidentscategory
- Y76Obstetric and gynecological devices assoc w incdtcategory
- Y77Ophthalmic devices associated with adverse incidentscategory
- Y78Radiological devices associated with adverse incidentscategory
- Y79Orthopedic devices associated with adverse incidentscategory
- Y80Physical medicine devices associated with adverse incidentscategory
- Y81General- and plastic-surgery devices assoc w incdtcategory
- Y82Oth and unsp medical devices associated w adverse incidentscategory
Source
ICD-10-CM FY2026. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) / National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), “2026 ICD-10-CM Code Descriptions in Tabular Order” (icd10cm_order_2026.txt). Download the original file from cms.gov. Public domain (US Government work). Descriptors, billable flags and instructional notes on this page are reproduced from that file without modification. Krasyn adds no clinical guidance.