Diagnosis Code: 988.8

Short Description: Tox eff noxious food NEC

Long Description: Toxic effect of other specified noxious substances eaten as food

Code Classification:

• Injury and poisoning (800–999)
  • Toxic effects of substances chiefly nonmedicinal as to source (980-989)
    • 988 Toxic effect of noxious substances eaten as food
      • 988.8 Tox eff noxious food NEC

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM

Synonyms

• Accidental poisoning from meat

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 988.8 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries

• Abrism 988.8

• Effect, adverse NEC
  • foodstuffs
    • noxious 988.9
      • specified type NEC (see also Poisoning, by name of noxious foodstuff) 988.8

• Milk
  • poisoning 988.8
  • sickness 988.8

• Noxious
  • foodstuffs, poisoning by
    • specified type NEC 988.8

• Poisoning (acute) - see also Table of Drugs and Chemicals
  • noxious foodstuffs (see also Poisoning, food, noxious) 988.9
    • specified type NEC 988.8
  • pork - see also Poisoning, food
    • specified NEC 988.8

• Sickness
  • milk 988.8

• Trembles 988.8

Crosswalk Information

The code 988.8 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):

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