Excludes1

  • 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)

Excludes2

  • breakdown or malfunctioning of medical device (during procedure) (after implantation) (ongoing use) (Y70-Y82)
  1. Y62 Failure of sterile precautions during surgical and medical care

    1. Y62.0 Failure of sterile precautions during surgical operation

    2. Y62.1 Failure of sterile precautions during infusion or transfusion

    3. Y62.2 Failure of sterile precautions during kidney dialysis and other perfusion

    4. Y62.3 Failure of sterile precautions during injection or immunization

    5. Y62.4 Failure of sterile precautions during endoscopic examination

    6. Y62.5 Failure of sterile precautions during heart catheterization

    7. Y62.6 Failure of sterile precautions during aspiration, puncture and other catheterization

    8. Y62.8 Failure of sterile precautions during other surgical and medical care

    9. Y62.9 Failure of sterile precautions during unspecified surgical and medical care

Abbreviations used here:

NEC Not elsewhere classifiable
This abbreviation in the Tabular List represents “other specified”. When a specific code is not available for a condition, the Tabular List includes an NEC entry under a code to identify the code as the “other specified” code.

NOS Not otherwise specified
This abbreviation is the equivalent of unspecified.