Y63.8
Y63.8: Failure in dosage during other surgical and medical care
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
Y63.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for failure in dosage during other surgical and medical care. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check Y63.8 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberRisk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
Y63.8 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A52421Billing and Coding: Ibandronate Sodium
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Misadventure during surgical or medical care›failure›in dosage›specified procedure NEC
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Other codes under Y63
- 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
- Y63.9Failure in dosage during unspecified surgical and medical care