Misadventures to patients during surgical and medical care - Y62-Y69
Excludes1: It indicates that the conditions described by two codes cannot occur together in the same patient. These codes are mutually exclusive.
Type 1 Excludes:
- surgical and medical procedures as the cause of abnormal reaction of the patient, without mention of misadventure at the time of the procedure (Y83-Y84)
Excludes2: This note means that the conditions described by two codes are not usually associated with each other but can sometimes occur together.
Type 2 Excludes:
- breakdown or malfunctioning of medical device (during procedure) (after implantation) (ongoing use) (Y70-Y82)
These ranges represents Categories of Misadventures to patients during surgical and medical care. The "Y62-Y69" signifies that these are the diseases within this broad section.
Codes:
- Y62 - Failure of sterile precautions during surgical and medical care
- Y63 - Failure in dosage during surgical and medical care
- Y64 - Contaminated medical or biological substances
- Y65 - Other misadventures during surgical and medical care
- Y66 - Nonadministration of surgical and medical care
- Y69 - Unspecified misadventure during surgical and medical care