ICD-9 Code E875.8
Misadventure to patient from other contamination
Not Valid for Submission
E875.8 is a legacy non-billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of misadventure to patient from other contamination. This code was replaced on September 30, 2015 by its ICD-10 equivalent.
| ICD-9: | E875.8 |
| Short Description: | Contamination NEC |
| Long Description: | Misadventure to patient from other contamination |
Convert E875.8 to ICD-10
The following crosswalk between ICD-9 to ICD-10 is based based on the General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS) information:
- Y64.8 - Contaminated med/biolog sub administered by oth means
Code Classification
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External causes of injury (V)
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Misadventures to patients during surgical and medical care (E870-E876)
- E875 Contaminated or infected blood, other fluid, drug, or biological substance
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Misadventures to patients during surgical and medical care (E870-E876)
Information for Medical Professionals
ICD-9 Footnotes
General Equivalence Map Definitions
The ICD-9 and ICD-10 GEMs are used to facilitate linking between the diagnosis codes in ICD-9-CM and the new ICD-10-CM code set. The GEMs are the raw material from which providers, health information vendors and payers can derive specific applied mappings to meet their needs.
- Approximate Flag - The approximate flag is on, indicating that the relationship between the code in the source system and the code in the target system is an approximate equivalent.
- No Map Flag - The no map flag indicates that a code in the source system is not linked to any code in the target system.
- Combination Flag - The combination flag indicates that more than one code in the target system is required to satisfy the full equivalent meaning of a code in the source system.