ICD-9 Code E878.5

Amputation of limb(s) causing abnormal patient reaction, or later complication, without mention of misadventure at time of operation

Not Valid for Submission

E878.5 is a legacy non-billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of amputation of limb(s) causing abnormal patient reaction, or later complication, without mention of misadventure at time of operation. This code was replaced on September 30, 2015 by its ICD-10 equivalent.

ICD-9: E878.5
Short Description:Abn react-limb amputat
Long Description:Amputation of limb(s) causing abnormal patient reaction, or later complication, without mention of misadventure at time of operation

Convert E878.5 to ICD-10

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

  • Y83.5 - Amputation of limb(s) cause abn react/compl, w/o misadvnt

Code Classification

  • External causes of injury (V)
    • Surgical and medical procedures as the cause of abnormal reaction of patient or later complication, without mention of misadventure at the time of procedure (E878-E879)
      • E878 Surgical operation and other surgical procedures as the cause of abnormal reaction of patient, or of later complication, without mention of misadventure at the time of operation

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.