Includes:

  • breakdown or malfunction of medical devices (during use) (after implantation) (ongoing use)

Excludes2

  • later complications following use of medical devices without breakdown or malfunctioning of device (Y83-Y84)
  • misadventure to patients during surgical and medical care, classifiable to (Y62-Y69)
  • surgical and other medical procedures as the cause of abnormal reaction of the patient, or of later complication, without mention of misadventure at the time of the procedure (Y83-Y84)
  1. Y81 General- and plastic-surgery devices associated with adverse incidents

    1. Y81.0 Diagnostic and monitoring general- and plastic-surgery devices associated with adverse incidents

    2. Y81.1 Therapeutic (nonsurgical) and rehabilitative general- and plastic-surgery devices associated with adverse incidents

    3. Y81.2 Prosthetic and other implants, materials and accessory general- and plastic-surgery devices associated with adverse incidents

    4. Y81.3 Surgical instruments, materials and general- and plastic-surgery devices (including sutures) associated with adverse incidents

    5. Y81.8 Miscellaneous general- and plastic-surgery devices associated with adverse incidents, not elsewhere classified

Abbreviations used here:

NEC Not elsewhere classifiable
This abbreviation in the Tabular List represents “other specified”. When a specific code is not available for a condition, the Tabular List includes an NEC entry under a code to identify the code as the “other specified” code.

NOS Not otherwise specified
This abbreviation is the equivalent of unspecified.