291.0 DELIRIUM TREMENS


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 291.0

Short Description: Delirium tremens

Long Description: Alcohol withdrawal delirium

Code Classification:

  • Mental disorders (290–319)
    • Organic psychotic conditions (290-294)
      • 291 Alcoholic psychoses
        • 291.0 Delirium tremens

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 291.0 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Alcohol, alcoholic
    • delirium 291.0
      • acute 291.0
      • chronic 291.1
      • tremens 291.0
      • withdrawal 291.0
    • withdrawal symptoms, syndrome NEC 291.81
      • delirium 291.0
  • Delirium, delirious 780.09
    • alcoholic 291.0
      • acute 291.0
      • chronic 291.1
    • alcoholicum 291.0
    • tremens (impending) 291.0
    • withdrawal
      • alcoholic (acute) 291.0
        • chronic 291.1
  • Impending
    • delirium tremens 291.0
  • Intoxication
    • delirium
      • alcohol 291.0
  • Psychosis 298.9
    • alcoholic 291.9
      • with
        • delirium tremens 291.0
      • delirium tremens 291.0
  • State
    • confusional 298.9
      • acute 293.0
        • alcoholic 291.0
  • Withdrawal symptoms, syndrome
    • alcohol 291.81
      • delirium (acute) 291.0
        • chronic 291.1
        • newborn 760.71

Crosswalk Information

The code 291.0 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
291.0 Right Arrow F10.231 Alcohol dependence with withdrawal delirium
This ICD-9 to ICD-10 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
291.1 Alcohol-induced persisting amnestic disorder
291.2 Alcohol-induced persisting dementia
291.3 Alcohol-induced psychotic disorder with hallucinations
291.4 Idiosyncratic alcohol intoxication
291.5 Alcohol-induced psychotic disorder with delusions
291.81 Alcohol withdrawal
291.82 Alcohol induced sleep disorders
291.89 Other alcohol-induced mental disorders
291.9 Unspecified alcohol-induced mental disorders


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