Y81 General- and plastic-surgery devices associated with adverse incidents

Category / Non-billable header 5 subcodes

Block: Complications of medical and surgical care (Y62-Y84)

Subcodes

Subcodes are listed below for reference. Detail pages are not available for chapters 11–22.

Code Description Billable
Y81..0 Diagnostic and monitoring general- and plastic-surgery devices associated with adverse incidents Yes
Y81..1 Therapeutic (nonsurgical) and rehabilitative general- and plastic-surgery devices associated with adverse incidents Yes
Y81..2 Prosthetic and other implants, materials and accessory general- and plastic-surgery devices associated with adverse incidents Yes
Y81..3 Surgical instruments, materials and general- and plastic-surgery devices (including sutures) associated with adverse incidents Yes
Y81..8 Miscellaneous general- and plastic-surgery devices associated with adverse incidents, not elsewhere classified Yes

Last reviewed: September 2026