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988.9 TOX EFF NOXIOUS FOOD NOS


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 988.9

Short Description: Tox eff noxious food NOS

Long Description: Toxic effect of unspecified noxious substance 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
        • 988.9 Tox eff noxious food NOS

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 988.9 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Effect, adverse NEC
    • foodstuffs
      • noxious 988.9
        • specified type NEC (see also Poisoning, by name of noxious foodstuff) 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

Crosswalk Information

The code 988.9 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
988.9 Right Arrow T62.91XA Toxic effect of unsp noxious sub eaten as food, acc, init
T62.92XA Toxic eff of unsp noxious sub eaten as food, slf-hrm, init
T62.93XA Toxic effect of unsp noxious sub eaten as food, asslt, init
T62.94XA Toxic effect of unsp noxious sub eaten as food, undet, 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
988.0 Toxic effect of fish and shellfish eaten as food
988.1 Toxic effect of mushrooms eaten as food
988.2 Toxic effect of berries and other plants eaten as food
988.8 Toxic effect of other specified noxious substances eaten as food

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

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