ICD-9 Code E876.2

Failure in suture and ligature during surgical operation

Not Valid for Submission

E876.2 is a legacy non-billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of failure in suture and ligature during surgical operation. This code was replaced on September 30, 2015 by its ICD-10 equivalent.

ICD-9: E876.2
Short Description:Failure in suture
Long Description:Failure in suture and ligature during surgical operation

Convert E876.2 to ICD-10

The following crosswalk between ICD-9 to ICD-10 is based based on the General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS) information:

  • Y65.2 - Failure in suture or ligature during surgical operation

Code Classification

  • External causes of injury (V)
    • Misadventures to patients during surgical and medical care (E870-E876)
      • E876 Other and unspecified misadventures during medical care

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.