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2025 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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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 2025 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 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

Patient Education


Patient Safety

You can help prevent medical errors by being an active member of your health care team. Research shows that patients who are more involved with their care tend to get better results. To reduce the risk of medical errors, you can:

  • Ask questions if you have doubts or concerns. Take a relative or friend to your doctor appointment to help you ask questions and understand answers.
  • Make sure you understand what will happen if you need surgery
  • Tell your health care providers about all the medicines you take, including over-the-counter drugs and dietary supplements. Tell them if you have any allergies or bad reactions to anesthesia. Make sure you know how to take your medications correctly.
  • Get a second opinion about treatment options
  • Keep a copy of your own medical history

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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.