Y65.51

Y65.51: Performance of wrong procedure (operation) on correct patient

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

Y65.51 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for performance of wrong procedure (operation) on correct patient. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check Y65.51 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1: never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

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

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Wrong device implanted into correct surgical site

Risk adjustment

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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Inappropriate operation performed›wrong operation performed on correct patient
Procedure›wrong, performed on correct patient
Wrong›device implanted into correct surgical site
Wrong›procedure on correct patient(operation)

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.