Y65.5 is the authoritative medical code for Performance of wrong procedure operation. This classification is used in medical billing and clinical recording to specify the clinical criteria for performance of wrong procedure operation (ICD-10-CM Y65.5), ensuring healthcare documentation aligns with 2026 federal coding standards.
Billing Status: NO. This is a clinician non-billable / parent hierarchy grouping in the ICD-10-CM system.
Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for Y65.5 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list.
Conditions that can never be reported with this code; the two are mutually exclusive.
Conditions not covered by this code, but which may be reported alongside it when both are present.
No. Y65.5 (Performance of wrong procedure operation) is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code. A more specific billable subcode must be selected based on clinical documentation.
Per Excludes1 instructions, Y65.5 must not be reported with: 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).
Per Excludes2 instructions, Y65.5 and the following may both be reported when both are present: breakdown or malfunctioning of medical device (during procedure) (after implantation) (ongoing use) (Y70-Y82).
Official ICD-10-CM classifications in the same code family as Y65.5, with their registry titles.
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