ICD-10-CM code "Y65": Other misadventures during surgical and medical care (2024)

Excludes

1. External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99)
2. Misadventures to patients during surgical and medical care (Y62-Y69)

   Type 1surgical and medical procedures as the cause of abnormal reaction of the patient, without mention of misadventure at the time of the procedure (Y83-Y84)

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

3. Other misadventures during surgical and medical care (Y65)

Includes

1. External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99)
2. Misadventures to patients during surgical and medical care (Y62-Y69)
3. Other misadventures during surgical and medical care (Y65)

Subcategories

• Mismatched blood in transfusion (Y65.0)
• Wrong fluid used in infusion (Y65.1)
• Failure in suture or ligature during surgical operation (Y65.2)
• Endotracheal tube wrongly placed during anesthetic procedure (Y65.3)
• Failure to introduce or to remove other tube or instrument (Y65.4)
• Performance of wrong procedure (operation) (Y65.5)
• Other specified misadventures during surgical and medical care (Y65.8)