2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code Y65.51
Performance of wrong procedure (operation) on correct patient
- ICD-10-CM Code:
- Y65.51
- ICD-10 Code for:
- Performance of wrong procedure (op) on correct patient
- Is Billable?
- Yes - Valid for Submission
- Code Navigator:
Y65.51 is a billable diagnosis code used to specify a medical diagnosis of performance of wrong procedure (operation) on correct patient. 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:
- Incorrect operative procedure performed
- Performance of inappropriate operation
- Wrong surgical procedure performed on a patient
Clinical Classification
Clinical Category is External cause codes: complications of medical and surgical care, initial encounter
- CCSR Category Code: EXT025
- Inpatient Default CCSR: X - Not applicable.
- Outpatient Default CCSR: X - Not applicable.
Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries
The following annotation back-references are applicable to this diagnosis code. The Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries is a list of ICD-10-CM codes, organized "head to toe" into chapters and sections with coding notes and guidance for inclusions, exclusions, descriptions and more.
Inclusion Terms
Inclusion TermsThese terms are the conditions for which that code is to be used. The terms may be synonyms of the code title, or, in the case of "other specified" codes, the terms are a list of the various conditions assigned to that code. The inclusion terms are not necessarily exhaustive. Additional terms found only in the Alphabetic Index may also be assigned to a code.
- Wrong device implanted into correct surgical site
Type 1 Excludes
Type 1 ExcludesA type 1 excludes note is a pure excludes note. It means "NOT CODED HERE!" An Excludes1 note indicates that the code excluded should never be used at the same time as the code above the Excludes1 note. An Excludes1 is used when two conditions cannot occur together, such as a congenital form versus an acquired form of the same condition.
- performance of correct procedure operation on wrong side or body part Y65.53
Index of External Cause of Injuries
References found for this diagnosis code in the External Cause of Injuries Index:
- Inappropriate operation performed
- wrong operation performed on correct patient
- Procedure(operation)
- wrong, performed on correct patient
- Wrong
- device implanted into correct surgical site
- Wrong
- procedure (operation) on correct patient
Convert Y65.51 to ICD-9-CM
- ICD-9-CM Code: E876.5 - Perfrm wrong op/right pt
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.