ICD-9 Code E983.1

Suffocation by plastic bag, undetermined whether accidentally or purposely inflicted

Not Valid for Submission

E983.1 is a legacy non-billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of suffocation by plastic bag, undetermined whether accidentally or purposely inflicted. This code was replaced on September 30, 2015 by its ICD-10 equivalent.

ICD-9: E983.1
Short Description:Undet circ-suf plast bag
Long Description:Suffocation by plastic bag, undetermined whether accidentally or purposely inflicted

Convert E983.1 to ICD-10

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

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Code Classification

  • External causes of injury (V)
    • Injury undetermined whether accidentally or purposely inflicted (E980-E989)
      • E983 Hanging, strangulation, or suffocation, undetermined whether accidentally or purposely inflicted

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.