Y60-Y69: Misadventures to patients during surgical and medical care
Y65: Other misadventures during surgical and medical care
Subcodes of Y65:
- Y65.0: Mismatched blood used 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 anaesthetic procedure
- Y65.4: Failure to introduce or to remove other tube or instrument
- Y65.5: Performance of inappropriate operation
- Y65.8: Other specified misadventures during surgical and medical care
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