Y64

The ICD-10-CM code for contaminated medical or biological substances is Y64. The full clinical description is "Contaminated medical or biological substances". Y64 is a non-billable header code. Use a more specific child code for billing purposes.

ICD-10-CM code Y64 represents “Contaminated medical or biological substances”. It is classified under Chapter 21: External Causes of Morbidity and is a non-billable header code. Use a more specific child code for billing purposes.

No, Y64 is a non-billable header code. You need to use one of its more specific child codes for billing. There are 4 child codes under Y64.

Y64 is in Chapter 21: External Causes of Morbidity (codes V00-Y99).

Y64 has Excludes1 notes indicating codes that cannot be used together with it, including: surgical and medical procedures as the cause of abnormal reaction of the patient, without mention of misadventure at the time of the procedure (Y83-Y84).

Y64 has 4 child codes, including: Y64.0 (Contaminated med/biolog sub, transfused or infused), Y64.1 (Contaminated med/biolog sub, injected or used for immuniz), Y64.8 (Contaminated med/biolog sub administered by oth means), Y64.9 (Contaminated med/biolog sub administered by unsp means).

Y64 is linked to 1 UMLS Concept Unique Identifier: C0481252. The UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) integrates multiple biomedical vocabularies maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

ICF (International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health) codes describe how conditions like contaminated medical or biological substances affect a person's functioning — body functions, activities, participation, and environmental factors. AutoICD provides ICF Core Sets for 12+ conditions and can map clinical text to ICF categories automatically. Browse the ICF directory to explore functioning codes.

Y64 maps to the ICD-11 code: PL13.Y (Other specified mode of injury or harm associated with exposure to a drug, medicament or biological substance).