ICD-9 Code 965.9

Poisoning by unspecified analgesic and antipyretic

Not Valid for Submission

965.9 is a legacy non-billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of poisoning by unspecified analgesic and antipyretic. This code was replaced on September 30, 2015 by its ICD-10 equivalent.

ICD-9: 965.9
Short Description:Pois-analges/antipyr NOS
Long Description:Poisoning by unspecified analgesic and antipyretic

Convert 965.9 to ICD-10

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

  • T39.91XA - Poisoning by unsp nonopi analgs/antipyr/antirheu, acc, init
  • T39.92XA - Poisn by unsp nonopi analgs/antipyr/antirheu, slf-hrm, init
  • T39.93XA - Poisn by unsp nonopi analgs/antipyr/antirheu, assault, init
  • T39.94XA - Poisn by unsp nonopi analgs/antipyr/antirheu, undet, init

Code Classification

  • Injury and poisoning (800–999)
    • Poisoning by drugs, medicinals and biological substances (960-979)
      • 965 Poisoning by analgesics, antipyretics, and antirheumatics

Information for Medical Professionals

Information for Patients


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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.