Y40-Y84: Complications of medical and surgical care
Y60-Y69: Misadventures to patients during surgical and medical care
Subcodes of Y60-Y69:
- Y60: Unintentional cut, puncture, perforation or haemorrhage during surgical and medical care
- Y61: Foreign object accidentally left in body during surgical and medical care
- Y62: Failure of sterile precautions during surgical and medical care
- Y63: Failure in dosage during surgical and medical care
- Y64: Contaminated medical or biological substances
- Y65: Other misadventures during surgical and medical care
- Y66: Nonadministration of surgical and medical care
- Y69: Unspecified misadventure during surgical and medical care
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