ICD-9 Code 968.9
Poisoning by other and unspecified local anesthetics
Not Valid for Submission
968.9 is a legacy non-billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of poisoning by other and unspecified local anesthetics. This code was replaced on September 30, 2015 by its ICD-10 equivalent.
| ICD-9: | 968.9 |
| Short Description: | Pois-local anest NEC/NOS |
| Long Description: | Poisoning by other and unspecified local anesthetics |
Convert 968.9 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
- T41.3X2A - Poisoning by local anesthetics, intentional self-harm, init
- T41.3X3A - Poisoning by local anesthetics, assault, initial encounter
- T41.3X4A - Poisoning by local anesthetics, undetermined, init encntr
- T41.41XA - Poisoning by unsp anesthetic, accidental, init
- T41.42XA - Poisoning by unsp anesthetic, intentional self-harm, init
- T41.43XA - Poisoning by unspecified anesthetic, assault, init encntr
- T41.44XA - Poisoning by unsp anesthetic, undetermined, init encntr
Code Classification
-
Injury and poisoning (800–999)
-
Poisoning by drugs, medicinals and biological substances (960-979)
- 968 Poisoning by other central nervous system depressants and anesthetics
-
Poisoning by drugs, medicinals and biological substances (960-979)
Information for Medical Professionals
Synonyms
- Accidental bupivacaine overdose
- Accidental bupivacaine poisoning
- Accidental poisoning by local anesthetic
- Accidental prilocaine overdose
- Accidental prilocaine poisoning
- Bupivacaine overdose
- Bupivacaine overdose of undetermined intent
- Bupivacaine poisoning
- Bupivacaine poisoning of undetermined intent
- Cinchocaine poisoning
- Intentional bupivacaine overdose
- Intentional bupivacaine poisoning
- Intentional prilocaine overdose
- Intentional prilocaine poisoning
- Local anesthetic agent overdose
- Poisoning by anesthetic AND/OR muscle-tone depressant
- Poisoning by local anesthetic
- Prilocaine overdose
- Prilocaine overdose of undetermined intent
- Prilocaine poisoning
- Prilocaine 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.