Y66
Billable codeNonadministration of surgical and medical care
The ICD-10 code for nonadministration of surgical and medical care is Y66.
Clinical notes
Excludes1 (not coded here)
An Excludes1 note is a pure exclusion: the excluded condition and this code should never be reported together, because the two conditions cannot occur at the same time (e.g. a congenital form vs. an acquired form of the same disease).
Also known as
Alternate wording, synonyms, or specific conditions that fall under this code, listed to help confirm you've picked the right one.
- Premature cessation of surgical and medical care
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •Confirm the excluded condition(s) listed above are not also present — Excludes1 conditions cannot be coded together with this one.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Related codes in this category
- Y62Failure of sterile precautions during surgical and medical carenon-billable header
- Y63Failure in dosage during surgical and medical carenon-billable header
- Y64Contaminated medical or biological substancesnon-billable header
- Y65Other misadventures during surgical and medical carenon-billable header
- Y69Unspecified misadventure during surgical and medical care
- Y66Nonadministration of surgical and medical care
ICD-9-CM equivalent
Informational only — GEM mappings are approximate, not guaranteed one-to-one equivalents. Verify before use in billing.
- E8768Approximate match