Diagnosis Code

Y65.8 OTH MISADVENTURES DURING SURGICAL AND MEDICAL CARE


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: Y65.8

Short Description: Oth misadventures during surgical and medical care

Long Description: Other specified misadventures during surgical and medical care

The code Y65.8 is VALID for claim submission

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 Oth misadventures during surgical and medical care

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • 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

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
Y65.8 Right Arrow E876.8 Medical misadventure NEC

This ICD-10 to ICD-9 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
Y65 Other misadventures during surgical and medical care
Y65.0 Mismatched blood in transfusion
Y65.1 Wrong fluid used in infusion
Y65.2 Failure in suture or ligature during surgical operation
Y65.3 Endotracheal tube wrongly placed during anesthetic procedure
Y65.4 Failure to introduce or to remove other tube or instrument
Y65.5 Performance of wrong procedure (operation)
Y65.51 Performance of wrong procedure (operation) on correct patient
Y65.52 Performance of procedure (operation) on patient not scheduled for surgery
Y65.53 Performance of correct procedure (operation) on wrong side or body part


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