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790.3 EXCESS BLOOD-ALCOHOL LEV


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 790.3

Short Description: Excess blood-alcohol lev

Long Description: Excessive blood level of alcohol

Code Classification:

  • Symptoms, signs, and ill-defined conditions (780–799)
    • Nonspecific abnormal findings (790-796)
      • 790 Nonspecific findings on examination of blood
        • 790.3 Excess blood-alcohol lev

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 790.3 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Excess, excessive, excessively
    • alcohol level in blood 790.3
  • Findings, (abnormal), without diagnosis (examination) (laboratory test) 796.4
    • alcohol in blood 790.3

Crosswalk Information

The code 790.3 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
790.3 Right Arrow R78.0 Finding of alcohol in blood
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
790.01 Precipitous drop in hematocrit
790.09 Other abnormality of red blood cells
790.1 Elevated sedimentation rate
790.21 Impaired fasting glucose
790.22 Impaired glucose tolerance test (oral)
790.29 Other abnormal glucose
790.4 Nonspecific elevation of levels of transaminase or lactic acid dehydrogenase [LDH]
790.5 Other nonspecific abnormal serum enzyme levels
790.6 Other abnormal blood chemistry
790.7 Bacteremia
790.8 Viremia, unspecified
790.91 Abnormal arterial blood gases
790.92 Abnormal coagulation profile
790.93 Elevated prostate specific antigen [PSA]
790.94 Euthyroid sick syndrome
790.95 Elevated C-reactive protein (CRP)
790.99 Other nonspecific findings on examination of blood

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

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