section name header

List of Diseases and Injuries

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


Excludes 1: 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)

Excludes 2: breakdown or malfunctioning of medical device (during procedure) (after implantation) (ongoing use) (Y70-Y82)

Y62Failure of sterile precautions during surgical and medical care

Y62.0Failure of sterile precautions during surgical operation

Y62.1Failure of sterile precautions during infusion or transfusion

Y62.2Failure of sterile precautions during kidney dialysis and other perfusion

Y62.3Failure of sterile precautions during injection or immunization

Y62.4Failure of sterile precautions during endoscopic examination

Y62.5Failure of sterile precautions during heart catheterization

Y62.6Failure of sterile precautions during aspiration, puncture and other catheterization

Y62.8Failure of sterile precautions during other surgical and medical care

Y62.9Failure of sterile precautions during unspecified surgical and medical care

Y63Failure in dosage during surgical and medical care
Excludes 2: accidental overdose of drug or wrong drug given in error (T36-T50)

Y63.0Excessive amount of blood or other fluid given during transfusion or infusion

Y63.1Incorrect dilution of fluid used during infusion

Y63.2Overdose of radiation given during therapy

Y63.3Inadvertent exposure of patient to radiation during medical care

Y63.4Failure in dosage in electroshock or insulin-shock therapy

Y63.5Inappropriate temperature in local application and packing

Y63.6Underdosing and nonadministration of necessary drug, medicament or biological substance

Y63.8Failure in dosage during other surgical and medical care

Y63.9Failure in dosage during unspecified surgical and medical care

Y64Contaminated medical or biological substances

Y64.0Contaminated medical or biological substance, transfused or infused

Y64.1Contaminated medical or biological substance, injected or used for immunization

Y64.8Contaminated medical or biological substance administered by other means

Y64.9Contaminated medical or biological substance administered by unspecified means
Administered contaminated medical or biological substance NOS

Y65Other misadventures during surgical and medical care

Y65.0Mismatched blood in transfusion

Y65.1Wrong fluid used in infusion

Y65.2Failure in suture or ligature during surgical operation

Y65.3Endotracheal tube wrongly placed during anesthetic procedure

Y65.4Failure to introduce or to remove other tube or instrument

Y65.5Performance of wrong procedure (operation)

Y65.51Performance of wrong procedure (operation) on correct patient
Wrong device implanted into correct surgical site

Excludes 1: performance of correct procedure (operation) on wrong side or body part (Y65.53)

Y65.52Performance of procedure (operation) on patient not scheduled for surgery
Performance of procedure (operation) intended for another patient
Performance of procedure (operation) on wrong patient

Y65.53Performance of correct procedure (operation) on wrong side or body part
Performance of correct procedure (operation) on wrong side
Performance of correct procedure (operation) on wrong site

Y65.8Other specified misadventures during surgical and medical care

Y66Nonadministration of surgical and medical care
Premature cessation of surgical and medical care

Excludes 1: DNR status (Z66)
palliative care (Z51.5)

Y69Unspecified misadventure during surgical and medical care