2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code Y81.3

Surgical instruments, materials and general- and plastic-surgery devices (including sutures) associated with adverse incidents

ICD-10-CM Code:
Y81.3
ICD-10 Code for:
Surg instrumnt, matrl and gen/plast-surg dev assoc w incdt
Is Billable?
Yes - Valid for Submission
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Code Classification

  • External causes of morbidity and mortality
    (V01–Y99)
    • Complications of medical and surgical care
      (Y62-Y84)
      • General- and plastic-surgery devices associated with adverse incidents
        (Y81)

Y81.3 is a billable diagnosis code used to specify a medical diagnosis of surgical instruments, materials and general- and plastic-surgery devices (including sutures) associated with adverse incidents. The code is valid during the current fiscal year for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions from October 01, 2023 through September 30, 2024.

Approximate Synonyms

The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:

  • Complication associated with silicone gel-filled breast implant
  • Silicone granuloma associated with silicone gel-filled breast implant

Clinical Classification

Index of External Cause of Injuries

References found for this diagnosis code in the External Cause of Injuries Index:

    • Incident, adverse
      • device
        • general
          • surgical
            • surgical
    • Incident, adverse
      • device
        • plastic surgical
          • surgical

Convert Y81.3 to ICD-9-CM

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Code History

  • FY 2024 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2023 through 9/30/2024
  • FY 2023 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2022 through 9/30/2023
  • FY 2022 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2021 through 9/30/2022
  • FY 2021 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2020 through 9/30/2021
  • FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020
  • FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
  • FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
  • FY 2017 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2016 through 9/30/2017
  • FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016. This was the first year ICD-10-CM was implemented into the HIPAA code set.