Mismatched blood in transfusion

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

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

Valid FY2016 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2007 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Mismatched blood in transfusion

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.

Mismatched blood in transfusion
Misadventure during surgical or medical care > transfusion > mismatched blood
Misadventure during surgical or medical care > mismatched blood in transfusion
Misadventure during surgical or medical care > specified type NEC > transfusion of mismatched blood

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
Y65.1	Wrong fluid used in infusion	Valid
Y65.2	Failure in suture or ligature during surgical operation	Valid
Y65.3	Endotracheal tube wrongly placed during anesthetic procedure	Valid
Y65.4	Failure to introduce or to remove other tube or instrument	Valid
Y65.5	Performance of wrong procedure (operation)	Not billable
Y65.8	Other specified misadventures during surgical and medical care	Valid