ICD-9 Code 979.6

Poisoning by other and unspecified viral and rickettsial vaccines

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979.6 is a legacy non-billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of poisoning by other and unspecified viral and rickettsial vaccines. This code was replaced on September 30, 2015 by its ICD-10 equivalent.

ICD-9: 979.6
Short Description:Pois-viral/rick vacc NEC
Long Description:Poisoning by other and unspecified viral and rickettsial vaccines

Convert 979.6 to ICD-10

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

  • T50.B91A - Poisoning by oth viral vaccines, accidental, init
  • T50.B92A - Poisoning by oth viral vaccines, intentional self-harm, init
  • T50.B93A - Poisoning by other viral vaccines, assault, init encntr
  • T50.B94A - Poisoning by other viral vaccines, undetermined, init encntr

Code Classification

  • Injury and poisoning (800–999)
    • Poisoning by drugs, medicinals and biological substances (960-979)
      • 979 Poisoning by other vaccines and biological substances

Information for Medical Professionals

Synonyms

  • Accidental influenza vaccine poisoning
  • Accidental mumps vaccine poisoning
  • Haemophilus influenzae Type B vaccine poisoning of undetermined intent
  • Hepatitis B vaccine poisoning
  • Influenza vaccine poisoning
  • Influenza vaccine poisoning of undetermined intent
  • Intentional influenza vaccine poisoning
  • Intentional mumps vaccine poisoning
  • Measles/mumps/rubella vaccine poisoning
  • Mumps vaccine poisoning of undetermined intent
  • Poisoning by mumps vaccine
  • Poisoning by viral AND/OR rickettsial vaccine

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.