The infection control committee reviewed surgery case number 3345 and determined that there was a failure to use proper sterile precautions during an abdominal endoscopic examination. The external cause code to report this misadventure would be ____________________.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).


Y62.4

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