Y65.5Performance of wrong procedure (operation)

Y65.5 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for Performance of wrong procedure (operation). It belongs to category Y65 (other misadventures during surgical and medical care), block Y62-Y69 (misadventures to patients during surgical and medical care) and chapter 20 (external causes of morbidity). It is a header code, so it can't be reported by itself; one of its 3 subcodes must be used instead.

Within Y65 (other misadventures during surgical and medical care), Y65.5 is specifically for Performance of wrong procedure (operation). Related codes cover Mismatched blood in transfusion (Y65.0), wrong fluid used in infusion (Y65.1), failure in suture or ligature during surgical operation (Y65.2), endotracheal tube wrongly placed during anesthetic procedure (Y65.3), failure to introduce or to remove other tube or instrument (Y65.4) and other specified misadventures during surgical and medical care (Y65.8).

To report this condition, pick the subcode that matches the documentation: Y65.51 (on correct patient), Y65.52 (surgery) and Y65.53 (part).

It has been part of ICD-10-CM since the code set took effect on October 1, 2015 and hasn't changed since.