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E876.2 FAILURE IN SUTURE


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: E876.2

Short Description: Failure in suture

Long Description: Failure in suture and 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
        • E876.2 Failure in suture

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


Crosswalk Information

The code E876.2 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
E876.2 Right Arrow Y65.2 Failure in suture or ligature during surgical operation
This ICD-9 to ICD-10 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
E876.0 Mismatched blood in transfusion
E876.1 Wrong fluid in infusion
E876.3 Endotracheal tube wrongly placed during anesthetic procedure
E876.4 Failure to introduce or to remove other tube or instrument
E876.5 Performance of wrong operation (procedure) on correct patient
E876.6 Performance of operation (procedure) on patient not scheduled for surgery
E876.7 Performance of correct operation (procedure) on wrong side/body part
E876.8 Other specified misadventures during medical care
E876.9 Unspecified misadventure during medical care

This page was last updated on: 10/1/2014

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