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Version 2024
Non-Billable Code

2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code Y65

Other misadventures during surgical and medical care

ICD-10-CM Code:
Y65
ICD-10 Code for:
Other misadventures during surgical and medical care
Is Billable?
Not 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)
      • Other misadventures during surgical and medical care
        (Y65)

Y65 is a non-specific and non-billable diagnosis code code, consider using a code with a higher level of specificity for a diagnosis of other misadventures during surgical and medical care. The code is not specific and is NOT valid for the year 2024 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions. Category or Header define the heading of a category of codes that may be further subdivided by the use of 4th, 5th, 6th or 7th characters.

Specific Coding Applicable to Other misadventures during surgical and medical care

Non-specific codes like Y65 require more digits to indicate the appropriate level of specificity. Consider using any of the following ICD-10-CM codes with a higher level of specificity when coding for other misadventures during surgical and medical care:

  • Use Y65.0 for Mismatched blood in transfusion - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use Y65.1 for Wrong fluid used in infusion - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use Y65.2 for Failure in suture or ligature during surgical operation - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use Y65.3 for Endotracheal tube wrongly placed during anesthetic procedure - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use Y65.4 for Failure to introduce or to remove other tube or instrument - BILLABLE CODE

  • Y65.5 for Performance of wrong procedure (operation) - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • Use Y65.51 for Performance of wrong procedure (operation) on correct patient - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use Y65.52 for Performance of procedure (operation) on patient not scheduled for surgery - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use Y65.53 for Performance of correct procedure (operation) on wrong side or body part - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use Y65.8 for Other specified misadventures during surgical and medical care - BILLABLE CODE

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.