ICD-9 Code 961.7
Poisoning by antiviral drugs
Not Valid for Submission
961.7 is a legacy non-billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of poisoning by antiviral drugs. This code was replaced on September 30, 2015 by its ICD-10 equivalent.
| ICD-9: | 961.7 |
| Short Description: | Poisoning-antiviral drug |
| Long Description: | Poisoning by antiviral drugs |
Convert 961.7 to ICD-10
The following crosswalk between ICD-9 to ICD-10 is based based on the General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS) information:
Code Classification
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Injury and poisoning (800–999)
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Poisoning by drugs, medicinals and biological substances (960-979)
- 961 Poisoning by other anti-infectives
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Poisoning by drugs, medicinals and biological substances (960-979)
Information for Medical Professionals
ICD-9 Footnotes
General Equivalence Map Definitions
The ICD-9 and ICD-10 GEMs are used to facilitate linking between the diagnosis codes in ICD-9-CM and the new ICD-10-CM code set. The GEMs are the raw material from which providers, health information vendors and payers can derive specific applied mappings to meet their needs.
- Approximate Flag - The approximate flag is on, indicating that the relationship between the code in the source system and the code in the target system is an approximate equivalent.
- No Map Flag - The no map flag indicates that a code in the source system is not linked to any code in the target system.
- Combination Flag - The combination flag indicates that more than one code in the target system is required to satisfy the full equivalent meaning of a code in the source system.