Diagnosis Code: 977.9

Short Description: Poison-medicinal agt NOS

Long Description: Poisoning by unspecified drug or medicinal substance

Code Classification:

• Injury and poisoning (800–999)
  • Poisoning by drugs, medicinals and biological substances (960-979)
    • 977 Poisoning by other and unspecified drugs and medicinals
      • 977.9 Poison-medicinal agt NOS

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 977.9 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries

• Allergy, allergic (reaction) 995.3
  • drug, medicinal substance, and biological (any) (correct medicinal substance properly administered) (external) (internal) 995.27
    • wrong substance given or taken NEC 977.9
      • specified drug or substance - see Table of Drugs and Chemicals

• Anaphylactic reaction or shock (correct substance properly administered) 995.0
  • due to
    • drug or medicinal substance
      • overdose or wrong substance given or taken 977.9
        • specified drug - see Table of Drugs and Chemicals
    • overdose or wrong substance given or taken 977.9
      • specified drug - see Table of Drugs and Chemicals

• Arthus phenomenon 995.21
  • due to
    • overdose or wrong substance given or taken 977.9
      • specified drug - see Table of Drugs and Chemicals

• Constipation 564.00
  • drug induced
    • overdose or wrong substance given or taken 977.9
      • specified drug - see Table of Drugs and Chemicals

• Dermatitis (allergic) (contact) (occupational) (venenata) 692.9
  • due to
    • drugs and medicinals (correct substance properly administered) (internal use) 693.0
      • wrong substance given or taken 977.9
        • specified substance - see Table of Drugs and Chemicals
    • ingestion or injection of
      • drug (correct substance properly administered) 693.0
        • wrong substance given or taken 977.9
          • specified substance - see Table of Drugs and Chemicals

• Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
  • Lyell's (toxic epidermal necrolysis) 695.15
    • due to drug
      • overdose or wrong substance given or taken 977.9
        • specific drug - see Table of Drugs and Chemicals

• Effect, adverse NEC
  • drugs and medicinals 995.20
    • overdose or wrong substance given or taken 977.9
      • specified drug - see Table of Drugs and Chemicals

• Epidermolysis
  • necroticans combustiformis 695.15
    • due to drug
      • overdose or wrong substance given or taken 977.9
        • specified drug - see Table of Drugs and Chemicals

• Ingestion
  • drug or medicinal substance
    • overdose or wrong substance given or taken 977.9
      • specified drug - see Table of Drugs and Chemicals

• Intolerance
  • drug
    • wrong substance given or taken in error 977.9
      • specified drug - see Table of Drugs and Chemicals

• Lens - see condition

• Lyell's disease or syndrome (toxic epidermal necrolysis) 695.15
  • due to drug
    • overdose or wrong substance given or taken 977.9
      • specified drug - see Table of Drugs and Chemicals

• Medicine poisoning (by overdose) (wrong substance given or taken in error) 977.9
  • specified drug or substance - see Table of Drugs and Chemicals

• Narcosis
  • due to drug
    • overdose or wrong substance given or taken 977.9
      • specified drug - see Table of Drugs and Chemicals

• Necrolysis, toxic epidermal 695.15
  • due to drug
    • overdose or wrong substance given or taken 977.9
      • specified drug - see Table of Drugs and Chemicals

• Overdose overdosage (drug) 977.9
  • specified drug or substance - see Table of Drugs and Chemicals

• Polyneuropathy (peripheral) 356.9
  • due to
    • drug or medicinal substance 357.6
      • overdose or wrong substance given or taken 977.9
        • specified drug - see Table of Drugs and Chemicals

• Porphyria (acute) (congenital) (constitutional) (erythropoietic) (familial) (hepatica) (idiopathic) (idiosyncratic) (intermittent) (latent) (mixed hepatic) (photosensitive) (South African genetic) (Swedish) 277.1
  • due to drugs
    • overdose or wrong substance given or taken 977.9
      • specified drug - see Table of Drugs and Chemicals

• Reaction
  • drug NEC (see also Table of Drugs and Chemicals) 995.20
    • overdose or poisoning 977.9
      • specified drug - see Table of Drugs and Chemicals
    • wrong substance given or taken in error 977.9
      • specified drug - see Table of Drugs and Chemicals

• Shock 785.50
  • due to
    • drug 995.0
      • overdose or wrong substance given or taken 977.9
        • specified drug - see Table of Drugs and Chemicals

• Syndrome - see also Disease
  • Lyell's (toxic epidermal necrolysis) 695.15
    • due to drug
      • overdose or wrong substance given or taken 977.9
        • specified drug - see Table of Drugs and Chemicals

• Wrong drug (given in error) NEC 977.9
  • specified drug or substance - see Table of Drugs and Chemicals

Crosswalk Information

The code 977.9 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):

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