ICD-10-CM Y73 Coding & Reimbursement Guide

ICD-10-CM Code For Gastroenterology And Urology Devices Associated With Adverse Incidents: Group Overview

The International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) code group Y73 includes diagnoses for adverse incidents involving gastroenterology and urology devices, covering device malfunctions, contamination, and iatrogenic injury from instruments such as endoscopes, catheters, and stents. These ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes are used to document clinical encounters where a device-related complication affects patient care, capturing severity, organ involvement, and any resulting clinical complexity in the gastrointestinal or genitourinary systems. Accurate coding within the ICD-10-CM Y73 group supports proper claim adjudication and complete clinical documentation and appropriate reimbursement.

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ICD-10-CM Y73: Gastroenterology And Urology Devices Associated With Adverse Incidents Overview

This diagnosis group represents adverse incidents related to gastroenterology and urology medical devices used in diagnostic or therapeutic procedures, such as endoscopes, catheters, stents, and other instrumentation for the gastrointestinal and genitourinary systems. It targets devices that have caused complications, malfunctions, or iatrogenic injury to those organ systems. Accurate coding matters for proper claim adjudication and for documenting device-related harm that may affect patient management and reimbursement.

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ICD-10-CM Y73: Gastroenterology And Urology Devices Associated With Adverse Incidents Overview

ICD-10-CM Codes

5 rows

ICD-10-CM Code	Description
Y73.0	Diagnostic and monitoring gastroenterology and urology devices associated with adverse incidents
Y73.1	Therapeutic (nonsurgical) and rehabilitative gastroenterology and urology devices associated with adverse incidents
Y73.2	Prosthetic and other implants, materials and accessory gastroenterology and urology devices associated with adverse incidents
Y73.3	Surgical instruments, materials and gastroenterology and urology devices (including sutures) associated with adverse incidents
Y73.8	Miscellaneous gastroenterology and urology devices associated with adverse incidents, not elsewhere classified

Typical Clinical Scenarios

An elderly patient with a long-standing indwelling urinary catheter presents to the emergency department with fever, rigors, and flank pain. Imaging and urine cultures confirm a complicated catheter-associated urinary tract infection with suspected sepsis related to the device; a code from this group is assigned to indicate the urinary catheter as the medical device associated with the adverse incident. Typical codes: Y73.3
A middle-aged patient undergoing outpatient colonoscopy returns with persistent abdominal pain and rectal bleeding; endoscopic review documents a colon perforation caused by the colonoscope during the diagnostic procedure. The perforation requires hospital admission and surgical repair, and a device-associated adverse incident code is used to denote the colonoscope as the instrument implicated. Typical codes: Y73.1
A patient with a chronic peritoneal dialysis catheter develops tunnel infection and failure of the catheter requiring removal and replacement; the episode is managed over several weeks with antimicrobial therapy and procedural interventions. A medical-device-associated adverse incident code is assigned to capture the peritoneal dialysis catheter as the source of the complication affecting ongoing therapy. Typical codes: Y73.2, Y73.8

References

1.CPT® Codes and Descriptions. AAPC. Retrieved Aug 11, 2026.Maintains the CPT code set's official descriptions and guidelines, licensed from the American Medical Association, used as the definitional source for CPT codes on this page.
2.HCPCS Quarterly Update. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Retrieved Aug 11, 2026.CMS's quarterly release of HCPCS Level II codes and short/long descriptors, the source for HCPCS code definitions and update history.
3.ICD-10-CM Full Code List. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Retrieved Aug 11, 2026.CMS's complete ICD-10-CM diagnosis code list, used to cross-reference diagnosis codes associated with this procedure or service.

An elderly patient with a long-standing indwelling urinary catheter presents to the emergency department with fever, rigors, and flank pain. Imaging and urine cultures confirm a complicated catheter-associated urinary tract infection with suspected sepsis related to the device; a code from this group is assigned to indicate the urinary catheter as the medical device associated with the adverse incident. Typical codes: Y73.3
A middle-aged patient undergoing outpatient colonoscopy returns with persistent abdominal pain and rectal bleeding; endoscopic review documents a colon perforation caused by the colonoscope during the diagnostic procedure. The perforation requires hospital admission and surgical repair, and a device-associated adverse incident code is used to denote the colonoscope as the instrument implicated. Typical codes: Y73.1
A patient with a chronic peritoneal dialysis catheter develops tunnel infection and failure of the catheter requiring removal and replacement; the episode is managed over several weeks with antimicrobial therapy and procedural interventions. A medical-device-associated adverse incident code is assigned to capture the peritoneal dialysis catheter as the source of the complication affecting ongoing therapy. Typical codes: Y73.2, Y73.8

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When to Use

ICD-10-CM Codes

Typical Clinical Scenarios

Related Codes

Which devices are covered under the ICD-10-CM Y73 group?

What do the individual codes in the Y73 group represent?

Why is accurate coding within the Y73 group important for reimbursement?

What types of clinical encounters should use a Y73 code?

Does the Y73 group capture severity or organ involvement of device-related complications?

References

When to Use

ICD-10-CM Codes

Typical Clinical Scenarios

Related Codes

Which devices are covered under the ICD-10-CM Y73 group?

What do the individual codes in the Y73 group represent?

Why is accurate coding within the Y73 group important for reimbursement?

What types of clinical encounters should use a Y73 code?

Does the Y73 group capture severity or organ involvement of device-related complications?

References