Concept
Harm to patients resulting from failure of sterile precautions, failure in suture or ligature, wrong placement of endotracheal tube or performance of inappropriate operation.
Notes
This clinical group includes serious, largely preventable patient safety events that should not occur
Selection criteria
Y62.0
Y62.1
Y62.2
Y62.3
Y62.4
Y62.5
Y62.6
Y64.–
Y65.2
Y65.3
Y65.5
Identified as diagnosis type (9) AND at least 1 additional diagnosis coded as diagnosis type (2) in the same diagnosis cluster
Codes
Code descriptions
Failure of sterile precautions during surgical and medical care; during surgical operation
Failure of sterile precautions during surgical and medical care; during infusion or transfusion
Failure of sterile precautions during surgical and medical care; during kidney dialysis or other perfusion
Failure of sterile precautions during surgical and medical care; during injection or immunization
Failure of sterile precautions during surgical and medical care; during endoscopic examination
Failure of sterile precautions during surgical and medical care; during heart catheterization
Failure of sterile precautions during surgical and medical care; during aspiration, puncture and other catheterization
Contaminated medical or biological substances
Failure in suture or ligature during surgical operation
Endotracheal tube wrongly placed during anesthetic procedure
Performance of inappropriate operation