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Y69 - Unspecified misadventure during surgical and medical care


The ICD 10 Code for Unspecified misadventure during surgical and medical care is listed as Y69.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 9 crosswalks / GEMS, chapter information, and DRGs where available.

ICD 10 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: Y69
Description: Unspecified misadventure during surgical and medical care
  • Medical devices associated with adverse incidents in diagnostic and therapeutic use (Y70-Y82)
  • Includes: breakdown or malfunction of medical devices (during use) (after implantation) (ongoing use)
  • Excludes1: misadventure to patients during surgical and medical care, classifiable to (Y62-Y69)
  • later complications following use of medical devices without breakdown or malfunctioning of device (Y83-Y84)
Chapter External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99)
ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 9 Dx Code: E876.9 - Unspecified misadventure during medical care