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. Y69 Unspecified misadventure 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.