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

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.

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