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E875.8 - Misadventure To Patient From Other Contamination


The ICD 9 Code for Misadventure to patient from other contamination is listed as E875.8.
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: E875.8
Long Description: Misadventure to patient from other contamination
Short Description: Contamination NEC
Chapter: Supplementary Classification Of External Causes Of Injury And Poisoning
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD-10-CM Code: Y64.8 - Contaminated medical or biological substance administered by other means (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of E875.8:
E875.0 - Contaminated substance transfused or infused
E875.1 - Contaminated substance injected or used for vaccination
E875.2 - Contaminated drug or biological substance administered by other means
E875.9 - Misadventure to patient from unspecified contamination