2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code Y76.8
Miscellaneous obstetric and gynecological devices associated with adverse incidents, not elsewhere classified
- ICD-10-CM Code:
- Y76.8
- ICD-10 Code for:
- Miscellaneous ob/gyn devices assoc w incdt, NEC
- Is Billable?
- Yes - Valid for Submission
- Code Navigator:
Y76.8 is a billable diagnosis code used to specify a medical diagnosis of miscellaneous obstetric and gynecological devices associated with adverse incidents, not elsewhere classified. The code is valid during the current fiscal year for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions from October 01, 2023 through September 30, 2024.
This code is applicable to female patients only. It is clinically and virtually impossible to use this code on a non-female patient.
Approximate Synonyms
The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:
- Perforation of uterus
- Perforation of uterus caused by intrauterine contraceptive device
Clinical Classification
Clinical Category is External cause codes: complications of medical and surgical care, initial encounter
- CCSR Category Code: EXT025
- Inpatient Default CCSR: X - Not applicable.
- Outpatient Default CCSR: X - Not applicable.
Index of External Cause of Injuries
References found for this diagnosis code in the External Cause of Injuries Index:
- Incident, adverse
- device
- gynecological
- Incident, adverse
- device
- gynecological
- miscellaneous
- Incident, adverse
- device
- obstetrical
- Incident, adverse
- device
- obstetrical
- miscellaneous
Code Edits
The Medicare Code Editor (MCE) detects and reports errors in the coding of claims data. The following ICD-10-CM Code Edits are applicable to this code:
- Diagnoses for females only - The Medicare Code Editor detects inconsistencies between a patient’s sex and any diagnosis on the patient’s record, these edits apply to FEMALES only .
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.