E872.3 - Failure Of Sterile Precautions During Injection Or Vaccination

The ICD 9 Code for Failure of sterile precautions during injection or vaccination is listed as E872.3.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 10 crosswalks / GEMS, and chapter information where available.

ICD 9 CM Field	Value
Diagnosis Code:	E872.3
Long Description:	Failure of sterile precautions during injection or vaccination
Short Description:	Fail sterile injection

Chapter:	Supplementary Classification Of External Causes Of Injury And Poisoning
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD-10-CM Code:	Y62.3 - Failure of sterile precautions during injection or immunization
ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of E872.3:
E872.0 - Failure of sterile precautions during surgical operation
E872.1 - Failure of sterile precautions during infusion or transfusion
E872.2 - Failure of sterile precautions during kidney dialysis and other perfusion
E872.4 - Failure of sterile precautions during endoscopic examination
E872.5 - Failure of sterile precautions during aspiration of fluid or tissue, puncture, and catheterization
E872.6 - Failure of sterile precautions during heart catheterization
E872.8 - Failure of sterile precautions during other specified procedures
E872.9 - Failure of sterile precautions during unspecified procedure