Home > 2012 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes > Supplementary Classification Of External Causes Of Injury And Poisoning E000-E999 > 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 > Surgical operation and other surgical procedures as the cause of abnormal reaction of patient or of later complication without mention of misadventure at the time of operation E878-
Specific code 2012 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code E878.3
Surgical operation with formation of external stoma causing abnormal patient reaction, or later complication, without mention of misadventure at time of operation
  • Short description: Abn react-external stoma.
  • ICD-9-CM E878.3 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, E878.3 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
  • E878.3 describes the circumstance causing an injury, not the nature of the injury.
  • You are viewing the 2012 version of ICD-9-CM E878.3.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM E878.3: 2013 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: E878.3 converts directly to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM Y83.3 Surgical operation with formation of external stoma as the cause of abnormal reaction of the patient, or of later complication, without mention of misadventure at the time of the procedure
Applies To
  • Colostomy
  • Cystostomy
  • Duodenostomy
  • Gastrostomy
  • Ureterostomy
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