Y62-Y69
Misadventures to patients during surgical and medical care
Misadventures to patients during surgical and medical care (Y62-Y69) is a block within ICD-10-CM Chapter 20: External causes of morbidity. It holds 6 categories.
Excludes1
Not coded here. An Excludes1 code should never be reported at the same time as the code above it.
- 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. The condition is not part of this code, but a patient may have both, and both codes may be reported together.
- breakdown or malfunctioning of medical device (during procedure) (after implantation) (ongoing use) (Y70-Y82)
Categories in Y62-Y69
- Y62Failure of steril precaut during surgical and medical carecategory
- Y63Failure in dosage during surgical and medical carecategory
- Y64Contaminated medical or biological substancescategory
- Y65Other misadventures during surgical and medical carecategory
- Y66Nonadministration of surgical and medical care
- Y69Unspecified misadventure during surgical and medical care
Source
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.