ICD-9 Code E879.0

Cardiac catheterization as the cause of abnormal reaction of patient, or of later complication, without mention of misadventure at time of procedure

Not Valid for Submission

E879.0 is a legacy non-billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of cardiac catheterization as the cause of abnormal reaction of patient, or of later complication, without mention of misadventure at time of procedure. This code was replaced on September 30, 2015 by its ICD-10 equivalent.

ICD-9: E879.0
Short Description:Abn react-cardiac cath
Long Description:Cardiac catheterization as the cause of abnormal reaction of patient, or of later complication, without mention of misadventure at time of procedure

Convert E879.0 to ICD-10

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

  • Y84.0 - Cardiac catheterization 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)
      • E879 Other procedures, without mention of misadventure at the time of procedure, as the cause of abnormal reaction of patient, or of later complication

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.