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E876 Other and unspecified misadventures during medical care

E876.0 Mismatched blood in transfusion

E876.1 Wrong fluid in infusion

E876.2 Failure in suture and ligature during surgical operation

E876.3 Endotracheal tube wrongly placed during anesthetic procedure

E876.4 Failure to introduce or to remove other tube or instrument

          Excludes: foreign object left in body during procedure (E871.-)

E876.5 Performance of inappropriate operation

E876.8 Other specified misadventures

E876.9 Unspecified misadventure

           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)
          Includes: procedures as the cause of abnormal reaction, such as:
           displacement or malfunction of prosthetic device
           hepatorenal failure, postoperative
           malfunction of external stoma
           postoperative intestinal obstruction
           rejection of transplanted organ
          Excludes: anesthetic management properly carried out as the cause of
           adverse effect (E937-E938)
           infusion and transfusion, without mention of misadventure in
           the technique of procedure (E930-E949)
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