Y62-Y69 — Misadventures to patients during surgical and medical care
ICD-10-CM codes Y62-Y69 cover misadventures to patients during surgical and medical care, within external causes of morbidity. The block holds 38 codes across 6 categories, of which 33 are billable and 5 are header codes that cannot be submitted on a claim.
Excludes1 — never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
Excludes2 — not included here, but may coexist
The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.
What else to watch in Y62-Y69
- 1 codes are named in Medicare coverage policies. An LCD or NCD lists them as supporting medical necessity, or explicitly as not supporting it. Which applies depends on the MAC for your state.
Categories in Y62-Y69
- Y62Failure of sterile precautions during surgical and medical care
- Y63Failure in dosage during surgical and medical care
- Y64Contaminated medical or biological substances
- Y65Other misadventures during surgical and medical care
- Y66Nonadministration of surgical and medical care
- Y69Unspecified misadventure during surgical and medical care