2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code Y79.2

Prosthetic and other implants, materials and accessory orthopedic devices associated with adverse incidents

ICD-10-CM Code:
Y79.2
ICD-10 Code for:
Prosth/oth implnt/mtrls orthopedic devices 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)
      • Orthopedic devices associated with adverse incidents
        (Y79)

Y79.2 is a billable diagnosis code used to specify a medical diagnosis of prosthetic and other implants, materials and accessory orthopedic devices 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:

  • Bending of bone fixation device
  • Bilateral chronic pain following total hip arthroplasty
  • Bilateral hip joint pain
  • Bone fixation device failure
  • Bone fixation device protrusion
  • Breakage of bone fixation device
  • Chronic pain following left total hip arthroplasty
  • Chronic pain following right total hip arthroplasty
  • Disorder of bone graft
  • Disorder of cartilage graft
  • Disorder of cartilage graft
  • Disorder of muscle graft
  • Disorder of muscle graft
  • Disorder of tendon graft
  • Displacement of bone allograft
  • Displacement of bone autograft
  • Displacement of bone graft
  • Displacement of bone graft
  • Failure of cartilage graft
  • Failure of muscle graft
  • Failure of spinal implant
  • Failure of tendon graft
  • Flail joint
  • Flail joint following removal of prosthesis
  • Fracture of bone allograft
  • Fracture of bone graft
  • Fractured maxillofacial prosthesis
  • Hip pain
  • Infection associated with prosthesis of left ankle joint
  • Infection associated with prosthesis of left elbow joint
  • Infection associated with prosthesis of left hip joint
  • Infection associated with prosthesis of left knee joint
  • Infection associated with prosthesis of left shoulder joint
  • Infection associated with prosthesis of right ankle joint
  • Infection associated with prosthesis of right elbow joint
  • Infection associated with prosthesis of right hip joint
  • Infection associated with prosthesis of right knee joint
  • Infection associated with prosthesis of right shoulder joint
  • Loosening of acetabular cup of total hip replacement
  • Loosening of femoral component of total knee replacement
  • Loosening of femoral stem of total hip replacement
  • Loosening of glenoid component of total shoulder replacement
  • Loosening of hip joint hemiarthroplasty
  • Loosening of hip joint prosthesis
  • Loosening of humeral component of total shoulder replacement
  • Loosening of knee joint prosthesis
  • Loosening of shoulder hemiarthroplasty
  • Loosening of shoulder joint prosthesis
  • Loosening of shoulder joint prosthesis
  • Loosening of shoulder joint prosthesis
  • Loosening of tibial component of total knee replacement
  • Loosening of total hip replacement
  • Loosening of total knee replacement
  • Loosening of total shoulder replacement
  • Loosening of total shoulder replacement
  • Loosening of total shoulder replacement
  • Loosening of unicondylar knee replacement
  • Mechanical complication of cartilage graft
  • Mechanical complication of internal joint prosthesis
  • Mechanical failure of right knee prosthetic joint
  • Mechanical joint disorder
  • Pain in right hip joint
  • Pain of left hip joint
  • Prosthetic joint exposure
  • Prosthetic joint mechanical failure
  • Prosthetic joint mechanical failure
  • Prosthetic joint protrusion
  • Rejection of bone allograft
  • Rejection of bone graft

Clinical Classification

Index of External Cause of Injuries

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

    • Incident, adverse
      • device
        • orthopedic
          • accessory
    • Incident, adverse
      • device
        • orthopedic
          • prosthetic

Convert Y79.2 to ICD-9-CM

  • ICD-9-CM Code: -
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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.