Y62
ICD-10Non-billable categoryFailure of steril precaut during surgical and medical care
Official ICD-10-CM descriptor (FY2026)
Failure of sterile precautions during surgical and medical care
Y62 is a category heading, not a billable code. CMS does not accept it on a claim; report one of the more specific codes beneath it.
More specific codes under Y62
- Y62.0Failure of sterile precautions during surgical operation
- Y62.1Failure of sterile precautions during infusn/transfusn
- Y62.2Fail of steril precaut dur kidney dialysis and oth perfusion
- Y62.3Failure of steril precaut during injection or immunization
- Y62.4Failure of sterile precautions during endoscopic examination
- Y62.5Failure of sterile precautions during heart catheterization
- Y62.6Failure of steril precaut during aspirat, pnctr and oth cath
- Y62.8Failure of steril precaut during oth surg and medical care
- Y62.9Failure of steril precaut during unsp surg and medical care
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ICD-10-CM FY2026. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) / National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), “2026 ICD-10-CM Code Descriptions in Tabular Order” (icd10cm_order_2026.txt). Download the original file from cms.gov. Public domain (US Government work). Descriptors, billable flags and instructional notes on this page are reproduced from that file without modification. Krasyn adds no clinical guidance.