Y62UpcomingCategory · further specificity required

Failure of sterile precautions during surgical and medical care

Y62-Y69 · Inherited instructions

Excludes 1

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

Excludes 2 · 1

Y62-Y69 · Misadventures to patients during surgical and medical care (Y62-Y69)

Excludes 2

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

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Claims & coverage

When ICD-10-CM is required

For US diagnosis claims covered by HIPAA, ICD-10-CM is required from October 1, 2015.

Use the service date for outpatient/professional claims and the discharge date for hospital inpatient claims. Earlier encounters use ICD-9-CM; each individual code must also be valid for the applicable date.

Official coding guidelines → · CMS ↗

First observed · 2015-10-01

Code history

Latest recorded change · FY2017

ChangedUnchanged

FY2017

Effective from 2016-10-01

Inherited rules changed

Failure of sterile precautions during surgical and medical care

Category — select a more specific code

CDC/NCHS · FY2017

All editions (19)

All editions	Effective from	Code history
FY2016	2015-10-01	First observed
FY2017	2016-10-01	Inherited rules changed
FY2018	2017-10-01	No tabular change
FY2019	2018-10-01	No tabular change
FY2020	2019-10-01	No tabular change
FY2020 · April	2020-04-01	No tabular change
FY2021	2020-10-01	No tabular change
FY2021 · 01-01	2021-01-01	No tabular change
FY2022	2021-10-01	No tabular change
FY2022 · 04-01	2022-04-01	No tabular change
FY2023	2022-10-01	No tabular change
FY2023 · 04-01	2023-04-01	No tabular change
FY2024	2023-10-01	No tabular change
FY2024 · 04-01	2024-04-01	No tabular change
FY2025	2024-10-01	No tabular change
FY2025 · 04-01	2025-04-01	No tabular change
FY2026	2025-10-01	No tabular change
FY2026 · April	2026-04-01	No tabular change
FY2027	2026-10-01	No tabular change

Code-level instructions

The official Tabular List has no additional instructions at this code level.

Review the instructions inherited from its parent categories below. Inherited instructions ↓

Review the official coding guidelines ↗

Inherited instructions

Chapters 20 · External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99)

Note

This chapter permits the classification of environmental events and circumstances as the cause of injury, and other adverse effects. Where a code from this section is applicable, it is intended that it shall be used secondary to a code from another chapter of the Classification indicating the nature of the condition. Most often, the condition will be classifiable to Chapter 19, Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88). Other conditions that may be stated to be due to external causes are classified in Chapters I to XVIII. For these conditions, codes from Chapter 20 should be used to provide additional information as to the cause of the condition.

Y62-Y84 · Complications of medical and surgical care (Y62-Y84)

Includes

complications of medical devices
surgical and medical procedures as the cause of abnormal reaction of the patient, or of later complication, without mention of misadventure at the time of the procedure

Y62-Y69 · Misadventures to patients during surgical and medical care (Y62-Y69)

Excludes 1

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

Excludes 2

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

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Related codes

Official titles and instructions are preserved in their source language. Official sources ↗

References from other codes (3)

sections/T80-T88 · Complications of surgical and medical care, not elsewhere classified (T80-T88)

Use additional code · code to identify devices involved and details of circumstances (Y62-Y82)

sections/Y70-Y82 · Medical devices associated with adverse incidents in diagnostic and therapeutic use (Y70-Y82)

Excludes 2 · misadventure to patients during surgical and medical care, classifiable to (Y62-Y69)

sections/Y83-Y84 · Surgical and other medical procedures as the cause of abnormal reaction of the patient, or of later complication, without mention of misadventure at the time of the procedure (Y83-Y84)

Excludes 1 · misadventures to patients during surgical and medical care, classifiable to (Y62-Y69)