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. Y64 Contaminated medical or biological substances

    1. Y64.0 Contaminated medical or biological substance, transfused or infused

    2. Y64.1 Contaminated medical or biological substance, injected or used for immunization

    3. Y64.8 Contaminated medical or biological substance administered by other means

    4. Y64.9 Contaminated medical or biological substance administered by unspecified means

      Inclusion term(s):

      • Administered contaminated medical or biological substance NOS
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.