ICD-10-CM › V00-Y99 › Y62-Y69 › Y62 Failure of sterile precautions... › Y62.0

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

Inherited from the Y62-Y69 section Misadventures to patients during surgical and medical care (Y62-Y69)

Excludes1 - never coded here

• 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

• breakdown or malfunctioning of medical device (during procedure) (after implantation) (ongoing use) (Y70-Y82)

How CDC's index refers to this code

Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.

• Misadventure during surgical or medical care > failure > sterile precautions > surgical operation

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
Y62.1	Failure of sterile precautions during infusion or transfusion	Valid
Y62.2	Failure of sterile precautions during kidney dialysis and other perfusion	Valid
Y62.3	Failure of sterile precautions during injection or immunization	Valid
Y62.4	Failure of sterile precautions during endoscopic examination	Valid
Y62.5	Failure of sterile precautions during heart catheterization	Valid
Y62.6	Failure of sterile precautions during aspiration, puncture and other catheterization	Valid
Y62.8	Failure of sterile precautions during other surgical and medical care	Valid
Y62.9	Failure of sterile precautions during unspecified surgical and medical care	Valid