968.4 POIS-GEN ANESTH NEC/NOS

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Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 968.4

Short Description: Pois-gen anesth NEC/NOS

Long Description: Poisoning by other and unspecified general anesthetics

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
    - 968.4 Pois-gen anesth NEC/NOS

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM

Synonyms

Accidental poisoning by central depressant
Anesthetic death
Central nervous system depressants and anesthetic agent poisoning
Central nervous system depressants and anesthetic overdose
Decarboxylase inhibitor overdose
Desflurane overdose
Desflurane overdose of undetermined intent
Desflurane poisoning of undetermined intent
General anesthetic drug overdose
General anesthetic drug poisoning
Intentional overdose by therapeutic gases
Isoflurane overdose
Isoflurane overdose of undetermined intent
Isoflurane poisoning of undetermined intent
Overdose of anesthetic agent
Poisoning by anesthetic agent
Preoperative anesthetic death
Selegiline overdose

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 968.4 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries

Anesthesia, anesthetic 782.0
- complication or reaction NEC 995.22
  - due to
    - overdose or wrong substance given 968.4
      - specified anesthetic - see Table of Drugs and Chemicals
- death from
  - overdose or wrong substance given 968.4
    - specified anesthetic - see Table of Drugs and Chemicals
- shock
  - due to
    - overdose or wrong substance given 968.4
      - specified anesthetic - see Table of Drugs and Chemicals

Arrest, arrested
- cardiac 427.5
  - complicating
    - anesthesia
      - overdose or wrong substance given 968.4
        specified anesthetic - see Table of Drugs and Chemicals

Death
- anesthetic
  - due to
    - overdose or wrong substance given 968.4
      - specified anesthetic - see Table of Drugs and Chemicals
- under anesthesia NEC
  - due to
    - overdose or wrong substance given 968.4
      - specified anesthetic - see Table of Drugs and Chemicals

Pneumonitis (acute) (primary) (see also Pneumonia) 486
- postanesthetic
  - overdose or wrong substance given 968.4
    - specified anesthetic - see Table of Drugs and Chemicals

Shock 785.50
- anesthetic
  - overdose or wrong substance given 968.4
    - specified anesthetic - see Table of Drugs and Chemicals

Crosswalk Information

The code 968.4 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):

ICD-9 Code	ICD-10 Code	ICD-10 Description
968.4	T41.201A	Poisoning by unsp general anesthetics, accidental, init
	T41.202A	Poisoning by unsp general anesthetics, self-harm, init
	T41.203A	Poisoning by unsp general anesthetics, assault, init encntr
	T41.204A	Poisoning by unsp general anesthetics, undetermined, init
	T41.291A	Poisoning by oth general anesthetics, accidental, init
	T41.292A	Poisoning by oth general anesthetics, self-harm, init
	T41.293A	Poisoning by other general anesthetics, assault, init encntr
	T41.294A	Poisoning by oth general anesthetics, undetermined, init

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
968.0	Poisoning by central nervous system muscle-tone depressants
968.1	Poisoning by halothane
968.2	Poisoning by other gaseous anesthetics
968.3	Poisoning by intravenous anesthetics
968.5	Surface (topical) and infiltration anesthetics
968.6	Poisoning by peripheral nerve- and plexus-blocking anesthetics
968.7	Poisoning by spinal anesthetics
968.9	Poisoning by other and unspecified local anesthetics

This page was last updated on: 10/1/2014

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