ICD-9 Code E968.0
Assault by fire
Not Valid for Submission
E968.0 is a legacy non-billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of assault by fire. This code was replaced on September 30, 2015 by its ICD-10 equivalent.
ICD-9: | E968.0 |
Short Description: | Assault-fire |
Long Description: | Assault by fire |
Convert E968.0 to ICD-10
The following crosswalk between ICD-9 to ICD-10 is based based on the General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS) information:
- X97.XXXA - Assault by smoke, fire and flames, initial encounter
Code Classification
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External causes of injury (V)
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Homicide and injury purposely inflicted by other persons (E960-E969)
- E968 Assault by other and unspecified means
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Homicide and injury purposely inflicted by other persons (E960-E969)
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.