968.7 POISON-SPINAL ANESTHETIC


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 968.7

Short Description: Poison-spinal anesthetic

Long Description: Poisoning by spinal 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
        • 968.7 Poison-spinal anesthetic

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


Crosswalk Information

The code 968.7 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
968.7 Right Arrow T41.3X1A Poisoning by local anesthetics, accidental, 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
968.4 Poisoning by other and unspecified general anesthetics
968.5 Surface (topical) and infiltration anesthetics
968.6 Poisoning by peripheral nerve- and plexus-blocking anesthetics
968.9 Poisoning by other and unspecified local anesthetics


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