Y65Non-billable
Other misadventures during surgical and medical care
External Causes of Morbidity·Misadventures to patients during surgical and medical care (Y62-Y69)·category·FY 2026
Use a more specific code (6 billable, 1 non-billable)
Y65.0Mismatched blood in transfusionY65.1Wrong fluid used in infusionY65.2Failure in suture or ligature during surgical operationY65.3Endotracheal tube wrongly placed during anesthetic procedureY65.4Failure to introduce or to remove other tube or instrumentY65.5Performance of wrong procedure (operation)has subcodesY65.8Other specified misadventures during surgical and medical care
Y62-Y69 Parent Instructions
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)