About Section Y62-Y69

Section Y62-Y69 covers Misadventures to patients during surgical and medical care within Chapter 20 of the ICD-10-CM Tabular List. This section includes diagnosis codes ranging from Y62 to Y69. Each code below includes its description, billable status, and links to detailed coding guidelines.

Diagnosis Codes 38 entries

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›