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. Y65 Other misadventures during surgical and medical care

    1. Y65.0 Mismatched blood in transfusion

    2. Y65.1 Wrong fluid used in infusion

    3. Y65.2 Failure in suture or ligature during surgical operation

    4. Y65.3 Endotracheal tube wrongly placed during anesthetic procedure

    5. Y65.4 Failure to introduce or to remove other tube or instrument

    6. Y65.5 Performance of wrong procedure (operation)

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

        Inclusion term(s):

        • Wrong device implanted into correct surgical site
      2. Y65.52 Performance of procedure (operation) on patient not scheduled for surgery

        Inclusion term(s):

        • Performance of procedure (operation) intended for another patient
        • Performance of procedure (operation) on wrong patient
      3. Y65.53 Performance of correct procedure (operation) on wrong side or body part

        Inclusion term(s):

        • Performance of correct procedure (operation) on wrong side
        • Performance of correct procedure (operation) on wrong site
    7. Y65.8 Other specified misadventures during 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.