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987.8 TOXIC EFF GAS/VAPOR NEC


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 987.8

Short Description: Toxic eff gas/vapor NEC

Long Description: Toxic effect of other specified gases, fumes, or vapors

Code Classification:

  • Injury and poisoning (800–999)
    • Toxic effects of substances chiefly nonmedicinal as to source (980-989)
      • 987 Toxic effect of other gases, fumes, or vapors
        • 987.8 Toxic eff gas/vapor NEC

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


Synonyms

  • Accidental ether overdose
  • Accidental poisoning by ether
  • Accidental poisoning by methyl bromide
  • Accidental poisoning by phosphine
  • Brake fluid causing toxic effect
  • Chloroform poisoning
  • Chronic fluorine poisoning
  • Ether overdose
  • Hydrogen sulfide poisoning
  • Hyperoxia
  • Inhalation of formalin fumes
  • Intentional ether overdose
  • Mustard gas poisoning
  • Oxygen toxicity
  • Poisoning by exhaust gas in aircraft
  • Poisoning by exhaust gases on board watercraft
  • Poisoning due to crowd control gas
  • Poisoning due to irritant gas
  • Poisoning due to mustard gas
  • Poisoning due to nerve gas
  • Poisoning due to vesicant gas
  • Polymer fume fever
  • Toxic effect of carbon dioxide
  • Toxic effect of fluorine gas and hydrogen fluoride
  • Toxic effect of hydrogen sulfide
  • Toxic effect of phosgene
  • Toxic effect of polyester fumes

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 987.8 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Fever 780.60
    • polymer fume 987.8
  • Hyperoxia 987.8
  • Meningoencephalitis (see also Encephalitis) 323.9
    • toxic NEC 989.9 [323.71]
      • due to
        • carbon tetrachloride (vapor) 987.8 [323.71]
  • Myelopathy (spinal cord) 336.9
    • due to or with
      • carbon tetrachloride 987.8 [323.72]

Crosswalk Information

The code 987.8 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
987.8 Right Arrow T59.5X1A Toxic eff of fluorine gas and hydrogen fluoride, acc, init
T59.5X2A Tox eff of fluorine gas and hydrogen fluoride, slf-hrm, init
T59.5X3A Toxic eff of fluorine gas and hydrogen fluoride, asslt, init
T59.5X4A Toxic eff of fluorine gas and hydrogen fluoride, undet, init
T59.6X1A Toxic effect of hydrogen sulfide, accidental, init
T59.6X2A Toxic effect of hydrogen sulfide, self-harm, init
T59.6X3A Toxic effect of hydrogen sulfide, assault, initial encounter
T59.6X4A Toxic effect of hydrogen sulfide, undetermined, init encntr
T59.7X1A Toxic effect of carbon dioxide, accidental, init
T59.7X2A Toxic effect of carbon dioxide, intentional self-harm, init
T59.7X3A Toxic effect of carbon dioxide, assault, initial encounter
T59.7X4A Toxic effect of carbon dioxide, undetermined, init encntr
T59.811A Toxic effect of smoke, accidental (unintentional), init
T59.812A Toxic effect of smoke, intentional self-harm, init encntr
T59.813A Toxic effect of smoke, assault, initial encounter
T59.814A Toxic effect of smoke, undetermined, initial encounter
T59.891A Toxic effect of gases, fumes and vapors, accidental, init
T59.892A Toxic effect of gases, fumes and vapors, self-harm, init
T59.893A Toxic effect of oth gases, fumes and vapors, assault, init
T59.894A Toxic effect of gases, fumes and vapors, undetermined, 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
987.0 Toxic effect of liquefied petroleum gases
987.1 Toxic effect of other hydrocarbon gas
987.2 Toxic effect of nitrogen oxides
987.3 Toxic effect of sulfur dioxide
987.4 Toxic effect of freon
987.5 Toxic effect of lacrimogenic gas
987.6 Toxic effect of chlorine gas
987.7 Toxic effect of hydrocyanic acid gas
987.9 Toxic effect of unspecified gas, fume, or vapor

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

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