E953.9 INJURY-STRANG/SUFF NOS


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: E953.9

Short Description: Injury-strang/suff NOS

Long Description: Suicide and self-inflicted injury by unspecified means

Code Classification:

  • External causes of injury (V)
    • Suicide and self-inflicted injury (E950-E959)
      • E953 Suicide and self-inflicted injury by hanging, strangulation, and suffocation
        • E953.9 Injury-strang/suff NOS

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


Crosswalk Information

The code E953.9 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
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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
E953.0 Suicide and self-inflicted injury by hanging
E953.1 Suicide and self-inflicted injury by suffocation by plastic bag
E953.8 Suicide and self-inflicted injury by other specified means


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