2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code Y69

Unspecified misadventure during surgical and medical care

ICD-10-CM Code:
Y69
ICD-10 Code for:
Unspecified misadventure 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)
      • Unspecified misadventure during surgical and medical care
        (Y69)

Y69 is a billable diagnosis code used to specify a medical diagnosis of unspecified misadventure 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.

Unspecified diagnosis codes like Y69 are acceptable when clinical information is unknown or not available about a particular condition. Although a more specific code is preferable, unspecified codes should be used when such codes most accurately reflect what is known about a patient's condition. Specific diagnosis codes should not be used if not supported by the patient's medical record.

Approximate Synonyms

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

  • Effect of drug maladministration
  • Medical accident to patient during surgical and medical care
  • Patient death or serious disability associated with hypoglycemia, the onset of which occurs while the patient is being cared for in a healthcare facility
  • Patient death or serious disability associated with intravascular air embolism that occurs while being cared for in a healthcare facility
  • Patient death or serious disability due to spinal manipulative therapy
  • Potentially permanent but not disabling damage
  • Serious reportable event associated with care management
  • Serious reportable event associated with care management
  • Serious reportable event associated with product or device

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
    • Misadventure(s) to patient(s) during surgical or medical care
      • infusion

Convert Y69 to ICD-9-CM

  • ICD-9-CM Code: E876.9 - Medical misadventure NOS

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.