ICD-10-CM › Chapter 20 External causes of morbidity › Y62-Y69

Y62-Y69 - Misadventures to patients during surgical and medical care

38 ICD-10-CM codes sit in this section, of which 33 are billable in FY2027. Every one has a page giving the years it was valid and what to use instead when it is not.

Categories

Each of these is a three-character category. Most are not billable on their own - the billable code is one of the children listed on its page.

CodeDescriptionStatus
Y62 Failure of sterile precautions during surgical and medical care Not billable
Y63 Failure in dosage during surgical and medical care Not billable
Y64 Contaminated medical or biological substances Not billable
Y65 Other misadventures during surgical and medical care Not billable
Y66 Nonadministration of surgical and medical care Valid
Y69 Unspecified misadventure during surgical and medical care Valid

Or browse all ICD-10-CM codes by first character, check a list of codes with the batch validity checker, or see what changed in each release.