icd10free.comPowered by Curo
Y62Non-billableSave

Y62 - Failure of sterile precautions during surgical and medical care

ICD-10-CM Chapter 20: External causes of morbidity · Y62-Y69 Misadventures to patients during surgical and medical care (Y62-Y69) · Top-level category · FY2027

Coding Guidance

Y62 is a non-billable heading. Report one of the 9 more specific codes below.

Includes, Excludes and Coding Notes

Excludes 1 — Not Coded HereFrom Y62-Y69 Misadventures to patients during surgical and medical care (Y62-Y69)

Mutually exclusive: these conditions are never reported together with this code.

  • 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)
Excludes 2 — Not Included HereFrom Y62-Y69 Misadventures to patients during surgical and medical care (Y62-Y69)

Not part of this code; report both codes when the patient has both conditions.

  • breakdown or malfunctioning of medical device (during procedure) (after implantation) (ongoing use) (Y70-Y82)
NotesFrom Chapter V00-Y99

Instructional notes from the ICD-10-CM tabular list.

  • This chapter permits the classification of environmental events and circumstances as the cause of injury, and other adverse effects. Where a code from this section is applicable, it is intended that it shall be used secondary to a code from another chapter of the Classification indicating the nature of the condition. Most often, the condition will be classifiable to Chapter 19, Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88). Other conditions that may be stated to be due to external causes are classified in Chapters I to XVIII. For these conditions, codes from Chapter 20 should be used to provide additional information as to the cause of the condition.

More Specific Codes (9)

Y62.0Failure of sterile precautions during surgical operation→Y62.1Failure of sterile precautions during infusion or transfusion→Y62.2Failure of sterile precautions during kidney dialysis and other perfusion→Y62.3Failure of sterile precautions during injection or immunization→Y62.4Failure of sterile precautions during endoscopic examination→Y62.5Failure of sterile precautions during heart catheterization→Y62.6Failure of sterile precautions during aspiration, puncture and other catheterization→Y62.8Failure of sterile precautions during other surgical and medical care→Y62.9Failure of sterile precautions during unspecified surgical and medical care→