ICD-9 Code 968.5
Surface (topical) and infiltration anesthetics
Not Valid for Submission
968.5 is a legacy non-billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of surface (topical) and infiltration anesthetics. This code was replaced on September 30, 2015 by its ICD-10 equivalent.
| ICD-9: | 968.5 |
| Short Description: | Surfce-topic/infilt anes |
| Long Description: | Surface (topical) and infiltration anesthetics |
Convert 968.5 to ICD-10
The following crosswalk between ICD-9 to ICD-10 is based based on the General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS) information:
- T41.3X1A - Poisoning by local anesthetics, accidental, init
Code Classification
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Injury and poisoning (800–999)
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Poisoning by drugs, medicinals and biological substances (960-979)
- 968 Poisoning by other central nervous system depressants and anesthetics
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Poisoning by drugs, medicinals and biological substances (960-979)
Information for Medical Professionals
Synonyms
- Accidental benzocaine overdose
- Accidental benzocaine poisoning
- Accidental lignocaine overdose
- Accidental local cocaine overdose
- Accidental overdose by cocaine
- Accidental overdose by crack cocaine
- Accidental oxybuprocaine overdose
- Accidental oxybuprocaine poisoning
- Accidental poisoning by cocaine
- Accidental poisoning by lignocaine
- Accidental poisoning by procaine
- Accidental poisoning by tetracaine
- Accidental procaine overdose
- Accidental proxymetacaine overdose
- Accidental proxymetacaine poisoning
- Benzocaine overdose
- Benzocaine overdose of undetermined intent
- Benzocaine poisoning
- Benzocaine poisoning of undetermined intent
- Cinchocaine overdose
- Cinchocaine overdose of undetermined intent
- Cinchocaine poisoning of undetermined intent
- Intentional benzocaine overdose
- Intentional benzocaine poisoning
- Intentional cocaine poisoning
- Intentional lignocaine overdose
- Intentional lignocaine poisoning
- Intentional local cocaine overdose
- Intentional overdose by cocaine
- Intentional overdose by crack cocaine
- Intentional oxybuprocaine overdose
- Intentional oxybuprocaine poisoning
- Intentional procaine overdose
- Intentional procaine poisoning
- Intentional proxymetacaine overdose
- Intentional proxymetacaine poisoning
- Intentional tetracaine poisoning
- Lignocaine overdose
- Lignocaine overdose of undetermined intent
- Lignocaine poisoning of undetermined intent
- Local cocaine overdose
- Local cocaine overdose of undetermined intent
- Overdose of cocaine of undetermined intent
- Overdose of crack cocaine of undetermined intent
- Oxybuprocaine overdose
- Oxybuprocaine overdose of undetermined intent
- Oxybuprocaine poisoning
- Oxybuprocaine poisoning of undetermined intent
- Poisoning by crack cocaine of undetermined intent
- Poisoning by lidocaine
- Poisoning by procaine
- Poisoning by surface
- Poisoning by tetracaine
- Procaine overdose
- Procaine overdose of undetermined intent
- Procaine poisoning of undetermined intent
- Proxymetacaine overdose
- Proxymetacaine overdose of undetermined intent
- Proxymetacaine poisoning
- Proxymetacaine poisoning of undetermined intent
- Tetracaine poisoning of undetermined intent
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.