Billing Status: NO. This is a clinician non-billable / parent hierarchy grouping in the ICD-10-CM system.

Coding at a Glance

Tabular directives: 1 Excludes1 · 1 Excludes2

Coding instructions

Official Tabular Instructional Notes: the inclusion, exclusion and sequencing notes published for Y62-Y69 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list, quoted as published.

Excludes1 — Not Coded Here

Conditions generally not reported together with this code (Excludes1) -- an error unless the two conditions are documented as unrelated to each other (ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines, Section I.A.12.a).

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) Compare Y62-Y69 vs Y83 →

Excludes2 — Not Included Here

Conditions not covered by this code, but which may be reported alongside it when both are present.

breakdown or malfunctioning of medical device (during procedure) (after implantation) (ongoing use) (Y70-Y82) Compare Y62-Y69 vs Y70 →

Code Overview

Misadventures to patients during surgical and medical care (Y62-Y69) is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (Y62-Y69). A more specific billable subcode must be selected for claims submission.

MedCoder summary Summary composed by MedCoder from this code's official ICD-10-CM record. The tabular instructional notes themselves appear verbatim below.

Don’t confuse Y62-Y69 with…

MedCoder analysis — pairs from this code’s official notes, distinctions written by MedCoder

The codes most likely to be picked instead of Y62-Y69 — named in its own official notes, or sharing its laterality or encounter family — with what separates them and which documentation moves the case. Each links to the full comparison.

Y83— Excludes1 conflict (Conflict)
Not coded here — these two are mutually exclusive.
Not reported together with this code, except where the two conditions are documented as unrelated.
What moves you there: Documentation of surgical and medical procedures as the cause of abnormal reaction of the patient, without mention of misadventure at the time of the procedure moves the case to Y83; the two are not reported together unless documented as unrelated.
Full comparison: Y62-Y69 vs Y83 →
Y84— Excludes1 conflict (Conflict)
Not coded here — these two are mutually exclusive.
Not reported together with this code, except where the two conditions are documented as unrelated.
What moves you there: Documentation of surgical and medical procedures as the cause of abnormal reaction of the patient, without mention of misadventure at the time of the procedure moves the case to Y84; the two are not reported together unless documented as unrelated.
Full comparison: Y62-Y69 vs Y84 →
Y70— Excludes2 relationship (Informational)
Distinct conditions — both may be reported.
A distinct condition — both may be reported when both are documented.
What moves you there: Documentation of breakdown or malfunctioning of medical device (during procedure) (after implantation) (ongoing use) adds Y70; it is not part of this code and both may be reported when both are documented.
Full comparison: Y62-Y69 vs Y70 →
Y82— Excludes2 relationship (Informational)
Distinct conditions — both may be reported.
A distinct condition — both may be reported when both are documented.
What moves you there: Documentation of breakdown or malfunctioning of medical device (during procedure) (after implantation) (ongoing use) adds Y82; it is not part of this code and both may be reported when both are documented.
Full comparison: Y62-Y69 vs Y82 →

Relationships are read from this code's own official notes, its laterality siblings and its encounter family; the wording of each distinction is MedCoder editorial, and the documentation named in each “what moves you there” line is the official note phrase or sibling title itself. Source: CMS ICD-10-CM tabular instructional notes; ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines, Section I.A.12.a.

Sources for this page

Codes, titles, notes, index terms and mappings on this page are transcribed from the datasets below. Relationships MedCoder computed and text MedCoder wrote are labelled where they appear.

Code, title, tabular notes and index terms Official source data: CMS/CDC ICD-10-CM FY2026 tabular list, index and tables, effective October 1, 2025 Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Change history and date-of-service validity Official source data: CMS ICD-10-CM release addenda, ingested release by release into the change ledger Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Comparisons, relationships and the contextual map MedCoder structured relationship: Computed by MedCoder from the tabular notes and tables above; every derived relationship is marked as derived where it appears
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Change history

No changes recorded for this code. This ledger tracks additions, deletions, description changes and billable-status changes from FY2016 onward. Note changes are tracked from FY2027 only.

Nearest Codes in This Family

Official ICD-10-CM classifications closest to Y62-Y69 in its code family, with their registry titles.

Y62-Y69 ICD-10-CM Code: Misadventures to patients during surgical and medical care (Y62-Y69)