ICD-10 · PDGM grouping
Y65 Other misadventures during surgical and medical care
All 9 codes in the Y65 family, with the PDGM clinical group, comorbidity subgroup and primary-position rule CMS assigns, read from the CMS grouper crosswalk v07.2.26 and the CDC FY2027 code file.
Codes in family
9
Can lead a claim
0
Cannot lead a claim
9
What CMS assigns to Y65
None of the 9 codes is assigned a clinical group. None of the 9 is assigned a comorbidity subgroup. None can lead a claim.
Every code in Y65
Descriptions are CDC’s FY2027 wording; where CMS’s grouper abbreviates one, its form is shown beneath.
| Code | Description | Primary position | Clinical group | Comorbidity subgroup |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y65.0 | Mismatched blood in transfusion | Cannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosis | None | None |
| Y65.1 | Wrong fluid used in infusion | Cannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosis | None | None |
| Y65.2 | Failure in suture or ligature during surgical operation | Cannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosis | None | None |
| Y65.3 | Endotracheal tube wrongly placed during anesthetic procedure | Cannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosis | None | None |
| Y65.4 | Failure to introduce or to remove other tube or instrument | Cannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosis | None | None |
| Y65.5 Performance of wrong procedure (operation) | ||||
| Y65.51 | Performance of wrong procedure (operation) on correct patientCMS: Performance of wrong procedure (op) on correct patient | Cannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosis | None | None |
| Y65.52 | Performance of procedure (operation) on patient not scheduled for surgeryCMS: Perform of proc (op) on patient not scheduled for surgery | Cannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosis | None | None |
| Y65.53 | Performance of correct procedure (operation) on wrong side or body partCMS: Perform of correct procedure (op) on wrong side or body part | Cannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosis | None | None |
| Y65.8 | Other specified misadventures during surgical and medical careCMS: Oth misadventures during surgical and medical care | Cannot lead a claimExternal cause of injury code not reportable as principal diagnosis | None | None |
Sources: CMS HH PPS Grouper Software v07.2.26, effective 2026-10-01, for the clinical group, comorbidity subgroup, code-first conventions and primary-position flags; CDC NCHS ICD-10-CM FY2027 code descriptions for the family title and code wording. This is the crosswalk Medicare runs a claim through. Grouping also depends on admission source, timing, the OASIS functional items and the rest of the diagnosis list.
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