E873.8 - Other Specified Failure In Dosage

The ICD 9 Code for Other specified failure in dosage is listed as E873.8.
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:	E873.8
Long Description:	Other specified failure in dosage
Short Description:	Failure in dosage NEC

Chapter:	Supplementary Classification Of External Causes Of Injury And Poisoning
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD-10-CM Code:	Y63.6 - Underdosing and nonadministration of necessary drug, medicament or biological substance (approximate)
ICD-10-CM Code:	Y63.8 - Failure in dosage during other surgical and medical care (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of E873.8:
E873.0 - Excessive amount of blood or other fluid during transfusion or infusion
E873.1 - Incorrect dilution of fluid during infusion
E873.2 - Overdose of radiation in therapy
E873.3 - Inadvertent exposure of patient to radiation during medical care
E873.4 - Failure in dosage in electroshock or insulin-shock therapy
E873.5 - Inappropriate [too hot or too cold] temperature in local application and packing
E873.6 - Nonadministration of necessary drug or medicinal substance
E873.9 - Unspecified failure in dosage