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979.5 - Poisoning By Poliomyelitis Vaccine


The ICD 9 Code for Poisoning by poliomyelitis vaccine is listed as 979.5.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 10 crosswalks / GEMS, and chapter information where available.
ICD 9 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: 979.5
Long Description: Poisoning by poliomyelitis vaccine
Short Description: Pois-poliomyelit vaccine
Chapter: Injury And Poisoning
Block: Poisoning By Drugs, Medicinals And Biological Substances (960-979)
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD-10-CM Code: T50.B91A - Poisoning by other viral vaccines, accidental (unintentional), initial encounter (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 979.5:
979.0 - Poisoning by smallpox vaccine
979.1 - Poisoning by rabies vaccine
979.2 - Poisoning by typhus vaccine
979.3 - Poisoning by yellow fever vaccine
979.4 - Poisoning by measles vaccine
979.6 - Poisoning by other and unspecified viral and rickettsial vaccines
979.7 - Poisoning by mixed viral-rickettsial and bacterial vaccines, except combinations with a pertussis component
979.9 - Poisoning by other and unspecified vaccines and biological substances