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
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Code Classification

  • External causes of morbidity and mortality
    (V01–Y99)
    • Complications of medical and surgical care
      (Y62-Y84)
      • Obstetric and gynecological devices associated with adverse incidents
        (Y76)

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

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 .

Convert Y76.8 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.