Y78 ICD-10-CA category: Radiological devices associated with adverse incidents
Y78 isn’t a code on its own. Choose one of the 5 codes beneath it, the one the documentation supports.
Official description
Y78Radiological devices associated with adverse incidents
ICD-10-CA · Canada
Codes in Y78
Y78 isn’t a code on its own. Open the code that matches what the note documents.
Y78.0Radiological devices associated with adverse incidents, diagnostic and monitoring devicesY78.1Radiological devices associated with adverse incidents, therapeutic (nonsurgical) and rehabilitative devicesY78.2Radiological devices associated with adverse incidents, prosthetic and other implants, materials and accessory devicesY78.3Radiological devices associated with adverse incidents, surgical instruments, materials and devices (including sutures)Y78.8Radiological devices associated with adverse incidents, miscellaneous devices, not elsewhere classifiedNotes for Y78
As CIHI prints them, with any note Y78 takes from the headings above it.
Includes
- Breakdown or malfunctioning of medical device (during procedure) (after implantation) (ongoing use)From Y70-Y82 Medical devices associated with adverse incidents in diagnostic and therapeutic use
- Complications of medical devicescorrect drug properly administered in therapeutic or prophylactic dosage as the cause of any adverse effectmisadventures to patients during surgical and medical caresurgical and medical procedures as the cause of abnormal reaction of the patient, or of later complication, without mention of misadventure at the time of the procedureFrom Y40-Y84 Complications of medical and surgical care
Excludes
Conditions classified elsewhere.
- Later complications following use of medical devices without mention of breakdown or malfunctioning of medical device (Y83-Y84)medical devices associated with adverse incidents due to external causes classified elsewhere (V01-Y59, Y85-Y87, Y89)misadventures to patients during surgical and medical care, classifiable to (Y60-Y69)From Y70-Y82 Medical devices associated with adverse incidents in diagnostic and therapeutic use
- Accidental overdose of drug or wrong drug given or taken in error (X40-X44)From Y40-Y84 Complications of medical and surgical care
Note
- This chapter, which in previous revisions of ICD constituted a supplementary classification, permits the classification of environmental events and circumstances as the cause of injury, poisoning and other adverse effects. Where a code from this section is applicable, it is intended that it shall be used in addition to a code from another chapter of the Classification indicating the nature of the condition. Most often, the condition will be classifiable to Chapter XIX, Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T98). Causes of death should preferably be tabulated according to both Chapter XIX and Chapter XX, but if only one code is tabulated then the code from Chapter XX should be used in preference. Other conditions that may be stated to be due to external causes are classified in Chapters I to XVIII. For these conditions, codes from Chapter XX should be used to provide additional information for multiple-condition analysis only.From Chapter 20: External causes of morbidity and mortality (V01-Y98)
Where Y78 sits
- 1ChapterChapter 20: External causes of morbidity and mortality (V01-Y98)
- 2Block Y40-Y84Complications of medical and surgical care
- 3Block Y70-Y82Medical devices associated with adverse incidents in diagnostic and therapeutic use
- 4Category Y78Radiological devices associated with adverse incidents
Source and release
- Data release
- ICD-10-CA · FY 2026–2027
- Effective date
- Apr 1, 2026
- Publisher
- CIHI
This page is built from the ICD-10-CA catalog that Vero Codes reads when it suggests codes: Canadian Institute for Health Information’s FY 2026–2027 release, imported from the publisher’s file and checked against it. The description, notes and structured data come from the same record.
Frequently asked questions
Is Y78 a valid ICD-10-CA code?
No. Y78 (Radiological devices associated with adverse incidents) is a category heading in CIHI’s ICD-10-CA FY 2026–2027 release. It holds 5 codes; record the one the documentation supports.
Where is Y78 in ICD-10-CA?
Y78 sits under Y70-Y82 Medical devices associated with adverse incidents in diagnostic and therapeutic use, within Y40-Y84 Complications of medical and surgical care, within Chapter 20: External causes of morbidity and mortality (V01-Y98).
What coding notes apply to Y78?
ICD-10-CA lists Includes, Excludes, Note notes for Y78, including those from the headings it sits under. They are listed on this page with where each one comes from.
Which ICD-10-CA release does this page use?
It uses CIHI’s FY 2026–2027 release, in effect from Apr 1, 2026 to Mar 31, 2027. It is a reference: confirm the code against the current list and the payer’s rules before you submit it.
Codes beside Y78
View Y70-Y82Y70Anaesthesiology devices associated with adverse incidentsY71Cardiovascular devices associated with adverse incidentsY72Otorhinolaryngological devices associated with adverse incidentsY73Gastroenterology and urology devices associated with adverse incidentsY74General hospital and personal-use devices associated with adverse incidentsY75Neurological devices associated with adverse incidentsY76Obstetric and gynaecological devices associated with adverse incidentsY77Ophthalmic devices associated with adverse incidentsY79Orthopaedic devices associated with adverse incidentsY80Physical medicine devices associated with adverse incidentsY81General- and plastic-surgery devices associated with adverse incidentsY82Other and unspecified medical devices associated with adverse incidents