2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code Y65.8

Other specified misadventures during surgical and medical care

ICD-10-CM Code:
Y65.8
ICD-10 Code for:
Oth misadventures during surgical and medical care
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)
      • Other misadventures during surgical and medical care
        (Y65)

Y65.8 is a billable diagnosis code used to specify a medical diagnosis of other specified misadventures during surgical and medical care. 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:

  • Accident during hyperbaric treatment
  • Accidental laceration during a procedure
  • Accidental laceration during a procedure on an organ
  • Accidental organ perforation during a procedure
  • Accidental puncture during a procedure
  • Accidental puncture of a blood vessel during procedure
  • Accidental puncture of artery
  • Accidental puncture of artery during catheter insertion
  • Accidental puncture of organ during a procedure
  • Any instance of care ordered by or provided by someone impersonating a physician, nurse, pharmacist, or other licensed healthcare provider
  • Artificial insemination with wrong donor spermatozoa or donor egg
  • Death or serious disability associated with failure to identify and treat hyperbilirubinemia in neonates
  • Foreign object left in body during aspirating needle biopsy
  • Foreign object left in body during aspiration of fluid or tissue, puncture and catheterization
  • Foreign object left in body during aspiration of fluid or tissue, puncture and catheterization
  • Foreign object left in body during blood sampling
  • Foreign object left in body during endoscopic examination
  • Foreign object left in body during heart catheterization
  • Foreign object left in body during infusion
  • Foreign object left in body during infusion or transfusion
  • Foreign object left in body during kidney dialysis
  • Foreign object left in body during lumbar puncture
  • Foreign object left in body during perfusion
  • Foreign object left in body during perfusion
  • Foreign object left in body during thoracentesis
  • Foreign object left in body during transfusion
  • Infant discharged to the wrong person
  • Maternal death or serious disability associated with labor or delivery in a low-risk pregnancy while being cared for in a healthcare facility
  • Mechanical failure of instrument or apparatus during abdominal paracentesis
  • Mechanical failure of instrument or apparatus during aspirating needle biopsy
  • Mechanical failure of instrument or apparatus during aspiration of fluid or tissue, puncture and catheterization
  • Mechanical failure of instrument or apparatus during blood sampling
  • Mechanical failure of instrument or apparatus during endoscopic examination
  • Mechanical failure of instrument or apparatus during heart catheterization
  • Mechanical failure of instrument or apparatus during infusion
  • Mechanical failure of instrument or apparatus during infusion or transfusion
  • Mechanical failure of instrument or apparatus during lumbar puncture
  • Mechanical failure of instrument or apparatus during procedure
  • Mechanical failure of instrument or apparatus during surgical operation
  • Mechanical failure of instrument or apparatus during thoracentesis
  • Mechanical failure of instrument or apparatus during transfusion
  • Medication administered in error
  • Medication administered in error
  • Medication administered in error
  • Medication dispensed in error
  • Medication error
  • Medication prescribed in error
  • Patient death or serious disability associated with a medication error
  • Perforation due to foreign body accidentally left in operative wound AND/OR body cavity during a procedure
  • Postoperative foreign body
  • Power supply failure
  • Problem with drug delivery system
  • Problem with fluid delivery system
  • Serious reportable event associated with care management
  • Serious reportable event associated with care management
  • Serious reportable event associated with criminal activity
  • Serious reportable event associated with patient protection
  • Serious reportable event associated with product or device
  • Serious reportable event associated with surgery
  • Skin graft put on upside-down
  • Syringe labeling error
  • Traumatic complication of procedure
  • Wrong drug given
  • Wrong route of administration

Clinical Classification

Index of External Cause of Injuries

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

    • Failure
      • mechanical, of instrument or apparatus (any) (during any medical or surgical procedure)
    • Misadventure(s) to patient(s) during surgical or medical care
      • failure
        • mechanical, of instrument or apparatus (any) (during any procedure)
    • Misadventure(s) to patient(s) during surgical or medical care
      • specified type NEC

Convert Y65.8 to ICD-9-CM

  • ICD-9-CM Code: E876.8 - Medical misadventure NEC
    Approximate Flag - The approximate mapping means there is not an exact match between the ICD-10 and ICD-9 codes and the mapped code is not a precise representation of the original 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.