Misadventures to patients during surgical and medical care (Y62-Y69)
chapter 20: External Causes of Morbidity
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Instructional notes
Excludes1: not coded here, use a different code
- surgical and medical procedures as the cause of abnormal reaction of the patient, without mention of misadventure at the time of the procedure (Y83-Y84)
Excludes2: not included here, code separately if applicable
- breakdown or malfunctioning of medical device (during procedure) (after implantation) (ongoing use) (Y70-Y82)
Official coding guidelines
From the ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting, FY 2027 (CMS and NCHS). Links open the PDF at the right page.
Covers how to report external cause codes (V00-Y99) describing cause, intent, place, activity, and status. They are never principal or first-listed, and reporting is voluntary unless required.
- General External Cause Coding Guidelines (page 88)
- Place of Occurrence Guideline (page 89)
- Activity Code (page 89)
- Place of Occurrence, Activity, and Status Codes Used with other External Cause Code (page 89)
- If the Reporting Format Limits the Number of External Cause Codes (page 90)
- Multiple External Cause Coding Guidelines (page 90)
- Child and Adult Abuse Guideline (page 90)
- Unknown or Undetermined Intent Guideline (page 91)
All codes under Y62-Y69
Y62-Y69 can't be used on a claim. Pick a billable code below; grey headings group them.
- Y62Failure of sterile precautions during surgical and medical care
- Y62.0Failure of sterile precautions during surgical operation
- Y62.1Failure of sterile precautions during infusion or transfusion
- Y62.2Failure of sterile precautions during kidney dialysis and other perfusion
- Y62.3Failure of sterile precautions during injection or immunization
- Y62.4Failure of sterile precautions during endoscopic examination
- Y62.5Failure of sterile precautions during heart catheterization
- Y62.6Failure of sterile precautions during aspiration, puncture and other catheterization
- Y62.8Failure of sterile precautions during other surgical and medical care
- Y62.9Failure of sterile precautions during unspecified surgical and medical care
- Y63Failure in dosage during surgical and medical care
- Y63.0Excessive amount of blood or other fluid given during transfusion or infusion
- Y63.1Incorrect dilution of fluid used during infusion
- Y63.2Overdose of radiation given during therapy
- Y63.3Inadvertent exposure of patient to radiation during medical care
- Y63.4Failure in dosage in electroshock or insulin-shock therapy
- Y63.5Inappropriate temperature in local application and packing
- Y63.6Underdosing and nonadministration of necessary drug, medicament or biological substance
- Y63.8Failure in dosage during other surgical and medical care
- Y63.9Failure in dosage during unspecified surgical and medical care
- Y64Contaminated medical or biological substances
- Y64.0Contaminated medical or biological substance, transfused or infused
- Y64.1Contaminated medical or biological substance, injected or used for immunization
- Y64.8Contaminated medical or biological substance administered by other means
- Y64.9Contaminated medical or biological substance administered by unspecified means
- Y65Other misadventures during surgical and medical care
- Y65.0Mismatched blood in transfusion
- Y65.1Wrong fluid used in infusion
- Y65.2Failure in suture or ligature during surgical operation
- Y65.3Endotracheal tube wrongly placed during anesthetic procedure
- Y65.4Failure to introduce or to remove other tube or instrument
- Y65.5Performance of wrong procedure (operation)
- Y65.51Performance of wrong procedure (operation) on correct patient
- Y65.52Performance of procedure (operation) on patient not scheduled for surgery
- Y65.53Performance of correct procedure (operation) on wrong side or body part
- Y65.8Other specified misadventures during surgical and medical care
- Y66Nonadministration of surgical and medical care
- Y69Unspecified misadventure during surgical and medical care
Y62-Y69 MS-DRGs
This code does not group to an MS-DRG as a principal diagnosis.
Other codes that refer to Y62-Y69
Notes on these codes point to Y62-Y69.
About the condition
Plain-language background from MedlinePlus (National Library of Medicine), not coding guidance.
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