ICD-9 Code 976.8

Poisoning by other agents primarily affecting skin and mucous membrane

  1. ICD-9 Index
  2. Chapter: 800–999
  3. Section: 960-979
  4. Block: 976 Poisoning by agents primarily affecting skin and mucous membrane, ophthalmological, otorhinolaryngological, and dental drugs
  5. 976.8 - Pois-skin/membr agnt NEC

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976.8 is a legacy non-billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of poisoning by other agents primarily affecting skin and mucous membrane. This code was replaced on September 30, 2015 by its ICD-10 equivalent.

ICD-9: 976.8
Short Description:Pois-skin/membr agnt NEC
Long Description:Poisoning by other agents primarily affecting skin and mucous membrane

Convert 976.8 to ICD-10

The following crosswalk between ICD-9 to ICD-10 is based based on the General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS) information:

  • T49.8X1A - Poisoning by oth topical agents, accidental, init
  • T49.8X2A - Poisoning by oth topical agents, intentional self-harm, init
  • T49.8X3A - Poisoning by other topical agents, assault, init encntr
  • T49.8X4A - Poisoning by other topical agents, undetermined, init encntr

Code Classification

  • Injury and poisoning (800–999)
    • Poisoning by drugs, medicinals and biological substances (960-979)
      • 976 Poisoning by agents primarily affecting skin and mucous membrane, ophthalmological, otorhinolaryngological, and dental drugs

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.

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