Y63.9

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

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

Y63.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for failure in dosage during unspecified surgical and medical care. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check Y63.9 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above Y63.9

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on Y63: Failure in dosage during surgical and medical care

accidental overdose of drug or wrong drug given in error (T36-T50)

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Misadventure during surgical or medical care›failure›in dosage

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