Y65.3
BillableEndotracheal tube wrongly placed during anesthetic procedure
Last updated: FY2026 ICD-10-CM (Oct 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2026) | CMS-HCC V28 (100% phase-in, PY2026)
Is Y65.3 an HCC code?
No. Y65.3 is a billable ICD-10-CM code but does not map to any HCC category in V28, V24, ESRD, or RxHCC.
This code does not map to an HCC category in any model (V28, V24, ESRD, RxHCC).
What This Code Means
Y65.3 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for endotracheal tube wrongly placed during anesthetic procedure. A breathing tube was placed in the wrong location during anesthesia administration, which is a medical error that occurred during a surgical procedure. Y65.3 sits in the ICD-10-CM chapter for external causes of morbidity (v00-y99), within the section covering misadventures to patients during surgical and medical care (y62-y69).
Y65.3 is a billable ICD-10-CM code but does not map to a payment HCC under the CMS-HCC V28, V24, ESRD, or RxHCC risk adjustment models. It can be reported on Medicare Advantage encounter data submissions but it does not contribute to a beneficiary's RAF score and therefore does not affect risk-adjusted payments to the plan.
This code requires documentation of the anesthetic procedure and evidence that the endotracheal tube placement was incorrect.
HCC Buddy maintains structured V28 and V24 mapping, RAF weights, and MEAT documentation criteria for Y65.3 sourced directly from the CMS-HCC risk adjustment model files and the CMS ICD-10-CM code set.
Coding Tips
- •This code requires documentation of the anesthetic procedure and evidence that the endotracheal tube placement was incorrect
- •Link this code with the principal diagnosis code to show the relationship between the misadventure and patient outcome