Y65
Header — not billableOther misadventures during surgical and medical care
The ICD-10 code for other misadventures during surgical and medical care is Y65.
Y65 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 7 more specific codes below.
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •This is a non-billable header code. Documentation must support a more specific child code before this diagnosis can be reported on a claim.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Child codes under Y65
- Y65.0Mismatched blood in transfusion
- Y65.1Wrong fluid used in infusion
- Y65.2Failure in suture or ligature during surgical operation
- Y65.3Endotracheal tube wrongly placed during anesthetic procedure
- Y65.4Failure to introduce or to remove other tube or instrument
- Y65.5Performance of wrong procedure (operation)non-billable header
- Y65.8Other specified misadventures during surgical and medical care
Related codes in this category
- Y62Failure of sterile precautions during surgical and medical carenon-billable header
- Y63Failure in dosage during surgical and medical carenon-billable header
- Y64Contaminated medical or biological substancesnon-billable header
- Y66Nonadministration of surgical and medical care
- Y69Unspecified misadventure during surgical and medical care
- Y65Other misadventures during surgical and medical carenon-billable header