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2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code Y64.1

Contaminated medical or biological substance, injected or used for immunization

ICD-10-CM Code:
Y64.1
ICD-10 Code for:
Contaminated med/biolog sub, injected or used for immuniz
Is Billable?
Yes - Valid for Submission
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Code Classification

  • External causes of morbidity and mortality
    (V01–Y99)
    • Complications of medical and surgical care
      (Y62-Y84)
      • Contaminated medical or biological substances
        (Y64)

Y64.1 is a billable diagnosis code used to specify a medical diagnosis of contaminated medical or biological substance, injected or used for immunization. The code is valid during the current fiscal year for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions from October 01, 2023 through September 30, 2024.

Approximate Synonyms

The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:

  • Contaminant injected
  • Contaminated substance injected
  • Contaminated substance injected or used for vaccination
  • Contaminated substance used for vaccination

Clinical Classification

Index of External Cause of Injuries

References found for this diagnosis code in the External Cause of Injuries Index:

    • Misadventure(s) to patient(s) during surgical or medical care
      • contaminated medical or biological substance (blood, drug, fluid)
        • administered (by) NEC
          • immunization
    • Misadventure(s) to patient(s) during surgical or medical care
      • contaminated medical or biological substance (blood, drug, fluid)
        • administered (by) NEC
          • injection
    • Misadventure(s) to patient(s) during surgical or medical care
      • contaminated medical or biological substance (blood, drug, fluid)
        • administered (by) NEC
          • vaccination

Convert Y64.1 to ICD-9-CM

  • ICD-9-CM Code: E875.1 - Contaminated injection

Code History

  • FY 2024 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2023 through 9/30/2024
  • FY 2023 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2022 through 9/30/2023
  • FY 2022 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2021 through 9/30/2022
  • FY 2021 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2020 through 9/30/2021
  • FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020
  • FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
  • FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
  • FY 2017 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2016 through 9/30/2017
  • FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016. This was the first year ICD-10-CM was implemented into the HIPAA code set.