ICD-9 Code 972.5

Poisoning by other vasodilators

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972.5 is a legacy non-billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of poisoning by other vasodilators. This code was replaced on September 30, 2015 by its ICD-10 equivalent.

ICD-9: 972.5
Short Description:Poison-vasodilator NEC
Long Description:Poisoning by other vasodilators

Convert 972.5 to ICD-10

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

  • T46.7X1A - Poisoning by peripheral vasodilators, accidental, init
  • T46.7X2A - Poisoning by peripheral vasodilators, self-harm, init
  • T46.7X3A - Poisoning by peripheral vasodilators, assault, init encntr
  • T46.7X4A - Poisoning by peripheral vasodilators, undetermined, init

Code Classification

  • Injury and poisoning (800–999)
    • Poisoning by drugs, medicinals and biological substances (960-979)
      • 972 Poisoning by agents primarily affecting the cardiovascular system

Information for Medical Professionals

Synonyms

  • Accidental cimetidine overdose
  • Accidental diazoxide overdose
  • Accidental diazoxide poisoning
  • Accidental famotidine overdose
  • Accidental nizatidine overdose
  • Accidental papaverine overdose
  • Accidental ranitidine overdose
  • Cyclandelate poisoning
  • Diazoxide overdose
  • Diazoxide overdose of undetermined intent
  • Diazoxide poisoning of undetermined intent
  • Famotidine overdose of undetermined intent
  • Intentional cimetidine poisoning
  • Intentional diazoxide overdose
  • Intentional diazoxide poisoning
  • Intentional papaverine overdose
  • Papaverine overdose
  • Papaverine overdose of undetermined intent
  • Papaverine poisoning
  • Peripheral/cerebral vasodilator overdose
  • Peripheral/cerebral vasodilator poisoning
  • Poisoning by diazoxide
  • Poisoning by vasodilator
  • Vasodilator overdose

Information for Patients


Blood Pressure Medicines

What is high blood pressure?

High blood pressure, also called hypertension, is when blood puts too much pressure against the walls of your arteries. About 1 in 3 adults have high blood pressure, usually with no symptoms. But it can cause serious problems such as stroke, heart failure, heart attack, and kidney disease.

What lifestyle changes can help lower high blood pressure?

Healthy lifestyle changes can help reduce high blood pressure:

  • Losing weight
  • Being physically active
  • Managing stress
  • Reducing sodium in your diet
  • Avoiding alcohol, tobacco, and illegal drugs
  • Getting enough sleep

What if lifestyle changes alone cannot lower blood pressure?

Sometimes lifestyle changes alone cannot control or lower your high blood pressure. In that case, your health care provider may prescribe blood pressure medicines.

How do blood pressure medicines work?

Blood pressure medicines work in different ways to lower blood pressure:

  • Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs) keep your blood vessels from narrowing as much
  • Calcium channel blockers prevent calcium from entering the muscle cells of your heart and blood vessels. This allows the blood vessels to relax.
  • Diuretics remove extra water and sodium (salt) from your body. This lowers the amount of fluid in your blood. Diuretics are often used with other high blood pressure medicines, sometimes in one combined pill.
  • Beta blockers help your heart beat slower and with less force. This means that your heart pumps less blood through your blood vessels. Beta blockers are typically used only as a backup option or if you also have certain other conditions.

Often, two or more medicines work better than one. While taking the medicines, it is still important to keep up with your healthy lifestyle changes.

NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute


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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.