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Y77.1

Therapeutic (nonsurgical) and rehabilitative ophthalmic devices associated with adverse incidents

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

Billable FY2016 to FY2020, and a category header from FY2021.

Submit one of these 2 more specific codes instead:

  • Y77.11 Contact lens associated with adverse incidents
  • Y77.19 Other therapeutic (nonsurgical) and rehabilitative ophthalmic devices associated with adverse incidents

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2007 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

  1. FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Therapeutic (nonsurgical) and rehabilitative ophthalmic devices associated with adverse incidents
  2. FY2021 Stopped being billable

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

Inherited from the Y70-Y82 section Medical devices associated with adverse incidents in diagnostic and therapeutic use (Y70-Y82)

Excludes2 - not included here

  • 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)

Includes

  • breakdown or malfunction of medical devices (during use) (after implantation) (ongoing use)

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
Y77.0 Diagnostic and monitoring ophthalmic devices associated with adverse incidents Valid
Y77.2 Prosthetic and other implants, materials and accessory ophthalmic devices associated with adverse incidents Valid
Y77.3 Surgical instruments, materials and ophthalmic devices (including sutures) associated with adverse incidents Valid
Y77.8 Miscellaneous ophthalmic devices associated with adverse incidents, not elsewhere classified Valid