Y62-Y69
Misadventures to patients during surgical and medical care
Block coding notes
Excludes 1 never together · Excludes 2 may co-exist
Codes in this block
38 codes
Billableusable codeNon-billableheader / grouping codeRisk-adjusting
- Y62Failure of sterile precautions during surgical and medical careNon-billable
- Y62.0Failure of sterile precautions during surgical operationBillable
- Y62.1Failure of sterile precautions during infusion or transfusionBillable
- Y62.2Failure of sterile precautions during kidney dialysis and other perfusionBillable
- Y62.3Failure of sterile precautions during injection or immunizationBillable
- Y62.4Failure of sterile precautions during endoscopic examinationBillable
- Y62.5Failure of sterile precautions during heart catheterizationBillable
- Y62.6Failure of sterile precautions during aspiration, puncture and other catheterizationBillable
- Y62.8Failure of sterile precautions during other surgical and medical careBillable
- Y62.9Failure of sterile precautions during unspecified surgical and medical careBillable
- Y63Failure in dosage during surgical and medical careNon-billable
- Y63.0Excessive amount of blood or other fluid given during transfusion or infusionBillable
- Y63.1Incorrect dilution of fluid used during infusionBillable
- Y63.2Overdose of radiation given during therapyBillable
- Y63.3Inadvertent exposure of patient to radiation during medical careBillable
- Y63.4Failure in dosage in electroshock or insulin-shock therapyBillable
- Y63.5Inappropriate temperature in local application and packingBillable
- Y63.6Underdosing and nonadministration of necessary drug, medicament or biological substanceBillable
- Y63.8Failure in dosage during other surgical and medical careBillable
- Y63.9Failure in dosage during unspecified surgical and medical careBillable
- Y64Contaminated medical or biological substancesNon-billable
- Y64.0Contaminated medical or biological substance, transfused or infusedBillable
- Y64.1Contaminated medical or biological substance, injected or used for immunizationBillable
- Y64.8Contaminated medical or biological substance administered by other meansBillable
- Y64.9Contaminated medical or biological substance administered by unspecified meansBillable
- Y65Other misadventures during surgical and medical careNon-billable
- Y65.0Mismatched blood in transfusionBillable
- Y65.1Wrong fluid used in infusionBillable
- Y65.2Failure in suture or ligature during surgical operationBillable
- Y65.3Endotracheal tube wrongly placed during anesthetic procedureBillable
- Y65.4Failure to introduce or to remove other tube or instrumentBillable
- Y65.5Performance of wrong procedure (operation)Non-billable
- Y65.51Performance of wrong procedure (operation) on correct patientBillable
- Y65.52Performance of procedure (operation) on patient not scheduled for surgeryBillable
- Y65.53Performance of correct procedure (operation) on wrong side or body partBillable
- Y65.8Other specified misadventures during surgical and medical careBillable
- Y66Nonadministration of surgical and medical careBillable
- Y69Unspecified misadventure during surgical and medical careBillable
Official Guidelines for Y62-Y69
FY 2026 ›I.C.20Chapter-specific guidanceChapter 20: External Causes of Morbidity (V00-Y99)
Subsections
- I.C.20.aGeneral External Cause Coding Guidelines
- I.C.20.bPlace of Occurrence Guideline
- I.C.20.cActivity Code
- I.C.20.dPlace of Occurrence, Activity, and Status Codes Used with other
- I.C.20.eIf the Reporting Format Limits the Number of External Cause Codes
- I.C.20.fMultiple External Cause Coding Guidelines
- I.C.20.gChild and Adult Abuse Guideline
- I.C.20.hUnknown or Undetermined Intent Guideline
- I.C.20.iSequelae (Late Effects) of External Cause Guidelines
- I.C.20.jTerrorism Guidelines
- I.C.20.kExternal Cause Status
Sections that reference codes in Y62-Y69