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ICD-10-CM Codes
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V00-Y99
External causes of morbidity
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Y62-Y69
Misadventures to patients during surgical and medical care
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Y62-
Failure of sterile precautions during surgical and medical care
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2020 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code Y62.6
2020 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code Y62.6
Failure of sterile precautions during aspiration, puncture and other catheterization
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Billable/Specific Code
- Y62.6 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
- Short description: Failure of steril precaut during aspirat, pnctr and oth cath
- The 2020 edition of ICD-10-CM Y62.6 became effective on October 1, 2019.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of Y62.6 - other international versions of ICD-10 Y62.6 may differ.
ICD-10-CM Coding Rules
- Y62.6 describes the circumstance causing an injury, not the nature of the injury.
The following code(s) above
Y62.6 contain annotation back-references
Annotation Back-References
In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:
- Applicable To annotations, or
- Code Also annotations, or
- Code First annotations, or
- Excludes1 annotations, or
- Excludes2 annotations, or
- Includes annotations, or
- Note annotations, or
- Use Additional annotations
that may be applicable to
Y62.6:
Convert Y62.6 to ICD-9-CM
Code History
- 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
- 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
- 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
- 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
- 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
- Misadventure(s) to patient(s) Y69
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code Y69
Unspecified misadventure during surgical and medical care
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- failure
- sterile precautions (during procedure) Y62.9
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code Y62.9
Failure of sterile precautions during unspecified surgical and medical care
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- biopsy (except needle aspiration) Y62.8
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code Y62.8
Failure of sterile precautions during other surgical and medical care
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- needle Y62.6 (aspirating)
- catheterization Y62.6
- aspiration of fluid or tissue Y62.6 (by puncture or catheterization, except heart)
- blood sampling Y62.6
- needle biopsy Y62.6
- paracentesis Y62.6 (abdominal) (thoracic)
- puncture Y62.6 (lumbar)
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To Y62.6
Y62 Failure of sterile precautions during surgical and medical care
Y62.0 Failure of sterile precautions during surgical operation
Y62.1 Failure of sterile precautions during infusion or transfusion
Y62.2 Failure of sterile precautions during kidney dialysis and other perfusion
Y62.3 Failure of sterile precautions during injection or immunization
Y62.4 Failure of sterile precautions during endoscopic examination
Y62.5 Failure of sterile precautions during heart catheterization
Y62.6
Failure of sterile precautions during aspiration, puncture and other catheterization
Y62.8 Failure of sterile precautions during other surgical and medical care
Y62.9 Failure of sterile precautions during unspecified surgical and medical care
Y63 Failure in dosage during surgical and medical care
Y63.0 Excessive amount of blood or other fluid given during transfusion or infusion
Y63.1 Incorrect dilution of fluid used during infusion
Y63.2 Overdose of radiation given during therapy
Y63.3 Inadvertent exposure of patient to radiation during medical care
Y63.4 Failure in dosage in electroshock or insulin-shock therapy
Y63.5 Inappropriate temperature in local application and packing
Y63.6 Underdosing and nonadministration of necessary drug, medicament or biological substance
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.
